Actually this is about being exempt from from the shared responsibility payment.

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Starting in 2014, every person needs to have health coverage or make a payment on their federal income tax return called the “shared responsibility payment

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The 14 Ways You Can Get Out Of Being Forced To Have Health Insurance
Danny Vinik
Dec. 23, 2013, 12:01 PM


There are 14 different ways you may qualify for a 'hardship waiver.'

Last week, the Obama administration announced that anyone whose health plan was cancelled due to the Affordable Care Act and believe other plans offered are unaffordable will receive a 'hardship waiver.' This waiver exempts them from the individual mandate and allows them to purchase a cheaper catastrophic plan that was previously available only to those under the age of 30.

But losing your health insurance is not the only experience that qualifies a person for a waiver. In fact, there are 13 other ways that people qualify.

Here are all 14 straight from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid: