re: #61 goddamnedfrank

How is income verification done? There’s no real way for applicants to verify their previous years income before 1099’s are sent out and received. In 2014 and later years open enrollment ends after the first week of December. I’m not sure how it works now but I think people just guestimate their income level and then have their subsidy readjusted if necessary when taxes get filed in April.

In other words income verification could cost the government money if there’s no already set up mechanism by which to conduct it.

As I recall, some were saying the the income verification was a poison pill because there would be no way to implement it. Hopefully that isn’t how it will work out.