Will I Be Fined If I Do Not Have Health Insurance? 
Under the new Affordable Care Act you will have an Open Enrollment period that will las t from October until March of 2014 during which time you will eed to select a health insurance policy . Failure to do so will result in a tax penalty and will be deducted from any refund or increase the amount of tax you will have to pay . It is not a criminal offense and a fine is not involved unless of course you refuse to pay your tax . 