[TigersEye]

With April 15 only weeks away, nearly half of all Americans don't know they're now required to declare on their tax returns whether they have health insurance, a survey released Thursday reveals.

Nearly half of all Americans don't work so they don't file returns so they don't have to declare whether they have health insurance.

[hsmomx3]

Unless of course someone in the household works, claims head of household and has to pay the penalty. From what I understand, they don’t offer health insurance at his employer for her parents! They all refuse so I guess she would have to pay the penalty for all and she has an income of about $45k.