when did the penalty for obamacare start
ObamaCareâs individual mandate requires that most Americans obtain health insurance by 2014 or pay a tax penalty. The individual mandate went into effect at the beginning of January 2014 and continues each year.
1 After 2016, these amounts will increase at the rate of inflation. 2  The minimum penalty/tax per person will start at $95 in 2014 (and then increase through 2016). 3  No family will ever pay more than 3X the per-person penalty, regardless of how many people are in the family.