SecondCor521
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Reading sengsational's thread made me want to start one about my specific situation...didn't want to derail the other thread.
I am struggling with how to handle this right now. Sometime in 2016 my oldest child will hopefully/maybe/probably/possibly spread his wings and fly off on his own into an apartment with a friend and become self-sufficient. Depending on when that happens, I will either (a) file as single (my younger two kids are with me less than 50% of the time) and a family size of three, with my oldest being a separate Obamacare family unit, or (b) file as HOH and a family size of four to include my oldest.
I'm in the Class of 2016 and can only make general guesses about my income and my son's income as they relate to FPL. For me I would like to hit 249% FPL and I would like my son to be at 139% FPL, but who knows how things will work out.
My plan is to be on employer's health care through end of February, then COBRA for two months, then ACA starting May 1, so I have some time to figure this out.
Any suggestions on how to best deal with the income / family size uncertainty when enrolling in ACA in April?
I am struggling with how to handle this right now. Sometime in 2016 my oldest child will hopefully/maybe/probably/possibly spread his wings and fly off on his own into an apartment with a friend and become self-sufficient. Depending on when that happens, I will either (a) file as single (my younger two kids are with me less than 50% of the time) and a family size of three, with my oldest being a separate Obamacare family unit, or (b) file as HOH and a family size of four to include my oldest.
I'm in the Class of 2016 and can only make general guesses about my income and my son's income as they relate to FPL. For me I would like to hit 249% FPL and I would like my son to be at 139% FPL, but who knows how things will work out.
My plan is to be on employer's health care through end of February, then COBRA for two months, then ACA starting May 1, so I have some time to figure this out.
Any suggestions on how to best deal with the income / family size uncertainty when enrolling in ACA in April?