healthcare.gov Exemption Certificate Number (ECN) United States of America : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Name of the Organization : U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Type of Facility : Exemption Certificate Number
Country : United States of America

Website : https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/exemption-certificate-number-ecn/
Application Form : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/25882-ECNForm.pdf

Exemption Certificate Number (ECN) :

** A number the Marketplace provides when you qualify for a health insurance exemption.
** When you fill out an exemption application, the Marketplace will review it and determine if you qualify.

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** The Marketplace will mail you a notice of the exemption eligibility result.
** If you qualify for an exemption, the notice will include your unique identifier, called the exemption certificate number (ECN).

** You’ll need your ECN when you file your federal taxes for the year you don’t have coverage.
** Each member of your household who qualifies for the exemption will get their own ECN.
** You’ll use the numbers to complete IRS Form 8965—Health Coverage Exemptions .

How To Apply :
** Follow the links below for exemption details, application forms, and instructions.

Income-related exemptions :
** The lowest-priced coverage available to you, through either a Marketplace or job-based plan, would cost more than 8.13% of your household income.
** Get forms and details for the Marketplace affordability exemption or the job-based affordability exemption.

** You don’t have to file a tax return because your income is below the level that requires you to file.
** Learn more about claiming this exemption if your income is below the tax filing threshold.

Hardship exemptions :
** Find out how to apply for a hardship exemption and get the application form.

Health coverage-related exemptions :
** You were uninsured for no more than 2 consecutive months of the year.
** Get forms and details for the short gap exemption.
** You lived in a state that didn’t expand its Medicaid program but you would have qualified if it had.
** Get forms and details to claim an exemption if your state didn’t expand Medicaid.

Group membership exemptions :
** You’re a member of a federally recognized tribe or eligible for services through an Indian Health Services provider.
** Get forms and details for the Indian health coverage exemption.
** You’re a member of a recognized health care sharing ministry.
** Get forms and details for the health care sharing ministry exemption.
** You’re a member of a recognized religious sect with religious objections to insurance, including Social Security and Medicare.
** Get forms and details for the religious exemption.

Other exemptions :
** You’re incarcerated (serving a term in prison or jail).
** Get forms and details for the incarceration exemption.
** You’re a U.S. citizen living abroad, a certain type of non-citizen, or not lawfully present.
** Learn more about the definition of “lawfully present.”
** Get forms and details for the U.S. citizen abroad exemption or the non-citizen exemption.

Hardship exemptions, forms & how to apply :
** Hardships are life situations that keep you from getting health insurance.
** If you qualify for a hardship exemption, you don’t have to have health insurance or pay a fee for the months the exemption applies.
** To claim a hardship health coverage exemption, you must fill out a paper application and mail it to the Health Insurance Marketplace.

Following are all health coverage exemptions based on hardships :
** The links below take you to a page with details about each exemption, forms, and instructions
** You were homeless
** You were evicted or were facing eviction or foreclosure
** You received a shut-off notice from a utility company

** You experienced domestic violence
** You experienced the death of a family member
** You experienced a fire, flood, or other natural or human-caused disaster that caused substantial damage to your property

** You filed for bankruptcy
** You had medical expenses you couldn’t pay that resulted in substantial debt
** You experienced unexpected increases in necessary expenses due to caring for an ill, disabled, or aging family member
** You expect to claim a child as a tax dependent who’s been denied coverage for Medicaid and CHIP for 2016, and another person is required by court order to give medical support to the child.
** In this case you don’t have to pay the penalty for the child.