Fewer Americans Paid Obamacare Tax Penalty in 2016

Fewer Americans Paid Obamacare Tax Penalty in 2016
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About 6.5 million Americans paid an average penalty of $470 for not having health insurance in 2015 — 20 percent fewer than the year before, according to data released Tuesday by the IRS.

The IRS collected $3 billion, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said in a letter to members of Congress.



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