do tax payers pay for the uninsured
Oversimplifying a bit, for most people the tax in 2016 will be $750 per adult and $375 per kid. But while 21 million people will be uninsured, CBO said âthe majority of them will not be subject to penalty.â Thatâs an understatement.n addition, some who are legally required to pay the tax will not do so. CBO/JCT therefore assumes a certain amount of noncompliance (aka cheating). This gets CBOâs 21 million uninsured in 2016 down dramatically to 3.9 million who will be both uninsured and pay the tax.