What happens when a single parent with 2 children – children are covered by the other parent? How do we determine the single parent’s assistance?

Covered California’s individual marketplace application requires the applicant to include in the application children who live with them as well anyone on their federal income tax return. However, there is a section that asks whether the other individuals on the application aside from the primary applicant are also applying for health insurance. Moreover, there is a section on the application that asks whether the person claiming the dependents is a parent without custody.

As for the determination of the taxpayer’s family, a taxpayer’s family includes individuals for whom a taxpayer claims a deduction for a personal exemption (see IRS code: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title26/pdf/USCODE-2011-title26-subtitleA-chap1-subchapB-partV-sec151.pdf).