800,000 with insurance through healthcare.gov got wrong tax info, In a new setback for the health care law, the government said Friday it made a tax-reporting error that's fouling up the filings of 800,000 Americans.
After a successful sign-up season, the latest goof could signal new problems with the complex links between President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and the nation's income tax system.
Officials said the government sent the wrong tax information to about 800,000 healthcare.gov customers, and they're asking those affected to delay filing their 2014 returns. The issue involves a new government form called a 1095-A, which is like a W-2 form but for people who got subsidized private coverage under the health care law.
Colorado is not part of the federal market but runs its own insurance exchange.
Healthcare.gov said in a blog post that the mistake happened when data about this year's premiums was substituted for what should have been 2014 numbers.
On another matter, the administration announced a special sign-up extension for uninsured people who would face the health care law's tax penalties for the first time this year.
After a successful sign-up season, the latest goof could signal new problems with the complex links between President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and the nation's income tax system.
Officials said the government sent the wrong tax information to about 800,000 healthcare.gov customers, and they're asking those affected to delay filing their 2014 returns. The issue involves a new government form called a 1095-A, which is like a W-2 form but for people who got subsidized private coverage under the health care law.
Colorado is not part of the federal market but runs its own insurance exchange.
Healthcare.gov said in a blog post that the mistake happened when data about this year's premiums was substituted for what should have been 2014 numbers.
On another matter, the administration announced a special sign-up extension for uninsured people who would face the health care law's tax penalties for the first time this year.
