Q1. My health insurance company has requested that I provide them with my social security number and the social security numbers of my spouse and children. Is there a reason why they need our social security numbers? A1. Your health insurance company is required to provide
Form 1095-BPDF, Health Coverage to you and to the Internal Revenue Service. You will use information from the form to prepare your individual income tax return. The law requires SSNs
to be reported on Form 1095-B. Q2: Is there a specific Internal Revenue Service form that will be mailed to me to provide the information to my health insurance company? A2: No. Your health insurance company may mail you a written request which discusses these rules. Q3: How will I use the Form 1095-B to prepare my return? A3: Form 1095-B provides verification for your income tax return that you, your spouse, and individuals you claim as
dependents had qualifying health coverage (referred to as “minimum essential coverage”) for some or all months during the year. Individuals who do not have
minimum essential coverage and do not qualify for an exemption may be liable for the individual shared responsibility payment. You do
not have to attach Form 1095-B to your tax return. Information about Forms 1095-A, 1095-B, and 1095-C and how they affect your tax return is available in our
Questions and Answers. Q4: What if I refuse to provide this information to my health insurance company? A4: The information
received by the Internal Revenue Service will be used to verify information on your individual income tax return. If the information you provide on your tax return cannot be verified, you may receive an inquiry from the Internal Revenue Service. You also may receive a notice from the Internal Revenue Service indicating that you are liable for an
individual shared responsibility payment. Q5: If I do not have a social security number (SSN) or other tax identifying number
(TIN) for myself or other covered individuals, such as my spouse or dependents, should I contact the IRS to obtain a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) so that I can give it to my health coverage provider? A5: No, it is not necessary for you to contact the IRS if you do not have an SSN or a TIN. You should advise your coverage provider that you do not have an SSN or TIN and give them the date of birth for each covered individual. Related LinksUpdated October 2022 Families that include immigrants may experience barriers when applying for health coverage. The following document explains issues that families may face and provides information about some concerns families that include immigrants may have when completing the application process. For more information on immigrant eligibility, please see FAQ: Health Insurance Affordability Programs’ Eligibility Based on Immigration Status. ↓ Download PDF: English | Español ↓ Reference Guide: Documents Used to Verify Immigration Status (Download PDF) PART I: Eligibility policies affecting people who are immigrants in Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the federal and state ACA marketplaces.Will enrolling in insurance affordability programs have a negative impact on people who are immigrants when they apply to change their immigration status?No. When individuals apply for Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR or green card) status, immigration officials complete an assessment –commonly referred to as public charge—trying to determine if the immigration status applicant is likely to become dependent on the government for subsistence. Enrolling in Medicaid, CHIP, or subsidized coverage in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces will not negatively impact a person undergoing a public charge assessment. There is an exception: people receiving long-term institutional care paid for by Medicaid will be negatively factored into a public charge assessment, but it is not the only factor that will be considered. Immigration officially must take other factors into consideration and some of those factors may counterbalance this one negative factor. Can people apply for health coverage for other household members even if they are not applying for coverage for themselves (or are ineligible)?Yes, households of people applying for insurance affordability programs can include both applicants and non-applicants. During the application process, the person completing the application will state who is in the household and which household members are applying for coverage. Non-applicants must include information such as their income and plans for tax filing, but they are not required to provide information about their immigration or citizenship status. Is having a Social Security number (SSN) an eligibility requirement for insurance affordability programs?For Medicaid and CHIP, individuals seeking coverage for themselves are generally required to provide their SSNs if they are eligible for one (unless they have a religious objection to getting an SSN). If they are eligible for but do not have an SSN, they must apply for one and the Medicaid or CHIP agency must offer to help them apply. They cannot be denied coverage while their application for an SSN is being processed. Individuals seeking to enroll in an ACA marketplace plan for themselves must provide an SSN if they have one. Is an SSN required if an individual is applying for premium tax credits for a family member and not himself?Individuals applying for premium tax credits for their dependents or spouse and not for themselves only need to provide their SSN if: (1) they have an SSN, and (2) they filed a tax return for the year for which tax data would be used to verify their household income and family size. Providing SSNs of non-applicants who have them is strongly encouraged. The ACA marketplaces use SSNs to conduct data matches with trusted data sources like the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). When these matches can successfully verify key information like income, people may not have to submit proof of their circumstances. Will a parent applying for Medicaid or CHIP coverage for his child but not for himself be required to provide an SSN?Parents who apply for Medicaid or CHIP for their children do not have to provide an SSN. If they have one and choose to provide it, this may help the Medicaid agency electronically verify income for the family, but it is not required. Can a person who has an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) to file taxes use that number instead of an SSN on the application?No. ITINs are not the same as SSNs. The application will verify SSNs with the Social Security Administration, which cannot verify ITINs. Someone who uses an ITIN to file taxes is not required to provide an SSN on the application and should skip the question in the application. (The application will make multiple requests for the SSN. Each time the person should skip it.) Can someone include a tax dependent that lives abroad in his application?Applicants for ACA marketplace subsidies must include information on all members of the household, including any tax dependents living abroad, for the purpose of determining the applicant’s household size and income. Dependents living abroad will generally not be eligible to enroll in health insurance coverage. The HealthCare.gov application asks for the address of all tax dependents but does not accept foreign addresses. Consumers can put in the address of the tax filer in place of the address for tax dependents who live abroad. Can information provided in the application be used for immigration civil enforcement purposes?No. Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA marketplaces use the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to verify the citizenship or immigration status of people applying for coverage. However, this data match is only for the purpose of confirming that applicants meet the immigration or citizenship status requirement to enroll in an insurance affordability program. USCIS has issued guidance that information about applicants or households obtained for health insurance eligibility will not be used for civil immigration enforcement purposes. PART II: Applying for premium tax credits in the Federally-Facilitated MarketplaceWho needs to complete remote identity proofing (i.e., ID proofing) to submit an application on HealthCare.gov?The Federally-Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) uses HealthCare.gov to process applications for and enroll eligible applicants in health coverage. HealthCare.gov requires the person designated as the household contact in an application (who must be an adult) to successfully complete ID proofing to ensure that they are who they say they are before they can use the online process to apply for coverage, select health insurance plans, report changes, or renew coverage. Why are some people not able to complete the ID proofing process on HealthCare.gov?Experian, the entity that verifies identity for HealthCare.gov, creates personalized questions that the household contact must answer to prove his identity in the application. Experian often cannot generate a sufficient number of questions for household contacts with limited or no credit history. Also, people sometimes find questions generated by Experian difficult to answer. What happens when ID proofing cannot be completed on HealthCare.gov?When HealthCare.gov cannot complete ID proofing online, it gives household contacts a unique reference code and instructs them to call the Experian Help Desk to complete ID proofing over the phone. For some people, this step is skipped, and they are immediately provided the opportunity on screen to upload documents that can be used to verify the identity of the person completing the application. What happens when ID proofing cannot be completed over the phone with Experian?Household contacts who cannot complete ID proofing over the phone have to submit supporting documents to prove their identity if they wish to submit an application online. They can upload electronic versions of the documents to their HealthCare.gov accounts, or can mail copies to: Health Insurance Marketplace, Attn: Coverage Processing, 465 Industrial Boulevard, London, KY 40750-0001. Table 1 lists the documents that can be used to verify identity. When mailing copies, it is important to include the unique reference ID number provided during the online ID proofing process so the documents can be matched to the correct account. What if people do not have any of the documents listed to complete HealthCare.gov’s ID proofing process?Household contacts who do not have any of the documents needed to complete the ID proofing process will not be able to submit an application online on HealthCare.gov. Instead, they may complete the application by mailing a completed paper application form or may apply over the phone by contacting the HealthCare.gov call center at 1-800-318-2596 (TTY: 1-855-889-4325). They should ask to receive notices about their application by mail. If they qualify for ACA marketplace coverage, they will need to go through the marketplace call center to select and enroll in a plan. To evaluate their health plan options before enrolling, applicants can use the “See plans” tool on HealthCare.gov. Once enrolled, they will need to report any changes and complete the renewal process through the marketplace call center. How does HealthCare.gov verify citizenship?In the FFM, when applicants attest to being U.S. citizens and provide an SSN, their information is checked against information in SSA’s records to verify citizenship. SSA does not have citizenship records for some citizens, including many who were born outside the U.S. If citizenship cannot be verified electronically through SSA, applicants are asked if they are a naturalized or derived citizen. Some applicants who are naturalized or derived citizens can have their status verified instantly by providing numbers found in their Certificate of Citizenship or Certificate of Naturalization that will be matched with information in the SAVE program. The SAVE program cannot immediately verify citizenship status of all derived and naturalized citizens. When this occurs, applicants will have to upload proof of their citizenship to their HealthCare.gov accounts (see list of acceptable proof in Table 2). Applicants can also mail document copies to: Health Insurance Marketplace, Attn: Coverage Processing, 465 Industrial Boulevard, London, KY 40750-0001. While their citizenship is being verified, applicants who otherwise meet all eligibility requirements can enroll in Medicaid, CHIP, or an ACA marketplace plan during a “reasonable opportunity period” or “inconsistency period.” How does HealthCare.gov verify immigration status?In the FFM, all non-citizens applying for coverage for themselves must attest to having an “eligible immigration status.” They then must select a document type to use to prove their immigration status. They will be asked to provide one or two numbers from their document. HealthCare.gov will use this information to attempt to immediately verify their immigration status through the SAVE program. The SAVE program cannot immediately verify the status of all immigrants. When this occurs, applicants will be instructed to upload proof of their immigration status to their HealthCare.gov accounts (see list of acceptable proof in Table 3). Applicants can also mail document copies to: Health Insurance Marketplace, Attn: Coverage Processing, 465 Industrial Boulevard, London, KY 40750-0001. While the applicant gathers and sends in documents and the agency receives and processes them, the applicant can enroll in Medicaid, CHIP, or an ACA marketplace plan if they meet all other eligibility requirements during a “reasonable opportunity period” or “inconsistency period.” In some cases, the SAVE system will take a second step to verify records that can’t be verified instantly as individuals complete the application. As a result of this delay, some people will be asked to provide documents to verify their status, and then may get a notice soon after that their data matching issue has been resolved. The best practice is to send in documents requested as quickly as possible since it is unclear when this second step in electronic verification will work. Why are some people who are immigrants and eligible for subsidies not able to immediately enroll in subsidized coverage?People who are lawfully present who have income within the Medicaid eligibility range but are ineligible for Medicaid due to their immigration status can qualify for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions even if their income falls below the poverty line. (Generally, people must have a household income of at least 100 percent of the poverty line to qualify for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions.) However, HealthCare.gov has system limitations that can result in an incorrect eligibility determination for some of these individuals. If HealthCare.gov can instantly verify that a person is lawfully present but ineligible for Medicaid because of their immigration status, the applicant should receive the correct determination of eligibility for subsidies. If HealthCare.gov cannot instantly verify that the person’s immigration status makes them ineligible for Medicaid, then the person will receive an incorrect eligibility determination for subsidies. This is because HealthCare.gov will assume the person is eligible for Medicaid based on immigration status until the person provides proof of his immigration status, which shows they is ineligible for Medicaid. One of two erroneous determinations will occur:
For more information, see our explainer video on Subsidy Eligibility for Immigrants Ineligible for Medicaid Due to Status. What steps need to be taken to get the correct determination for individuals incorrectly assessed or determined eligible for Medicaid?People must be determined ineligible for Medicaid based on their immigration status before they can get the correct eligibility determination for ACA marketplace subsidies. When HealthCare.gov incorrectly assesses or determines individuals as eligible for Medicaid, it sends the individual’s case file to the state Medicaid agency. The Medicaid agency will ask the person to provide proof of their immigration status. After the person provides proof and is denied Medicaid based on immigration status, they will be referred back to HealthCare.gov and instructed to update his application to indicate they have been denied eligibility for Medicaid based on immigration status. After a person notes on the application that they have been denied Medicaid due to immigration status, they should receive a correct determination of eligibility for subsidies. What steps need to be taken to get the correct determination for individuals incorrectly determined ineligible for subsidies and treated as if they were in the coverage gap?These applicants must also be determined ineligible for Medicaid based on their immigration status before they can get the correct eligibility determination for ACA marketplace subsidies. Their eligibility determination notice will say they are not eligible for subsidies and are eligible for an exemption from the requirement to have health insurance, and that they may qualify subsidies but they must submit documents to prove their immigration status to make that determination. When the ACA marketplace receives and processes the documents, they send people a corrected eligibility determination notice that includes information on eligibility for subsidies, access to a special enrollment period, and instructions to return to HealthCare.gov to select a plan. Are there any alternative steps individuals can take to get the correct eligibility determination?In some cases, people can get a Medicaid denial due to immigration status more quickly by applying for Medicaid directly through the state Medicaid agency. Once denied Medicaid eligibility based on immigration status by the state agency, people can return to HealthCare.gov and indicate they have been denied Medicaid due to immigration status.
Can you get health insurance without a Social Security number in Texas?HHSC requires an applicant to provide his/her Social Security number (SSN). An exception to this requirement is for treatment of an emergency medical condition. HHSC requires an applicant to apply for and obtain, if eligible, all other benefits to which he/she may be entitled, with some exceptions.
Can I get health insurance without SSN in New York?Yes. You can apply for New York State of Health coverage if you're a lawfully-present immigrant, even without a Social Security number (SSN) as long as one of the following holds true: You don't qualify for a SSN due to your immigration status. You do not want to provide your SSN for religious reasons.
Can undocumented immigrants get health insurance in Texas?D-8620 Illegal Aliens
Illegal aliens are only eligible for Medicaid for treatment of an emergency medical condition if they meet all other eligibility criteria, including residency requirements. See Section D-3200, Eligibility. Illegal aliens do not have to provide a Social Security number.
Can you work in the US without a Social Security number?You need an SSN to get a job, collect Social Security benefits, and receive some other government services. If you're temporarily in the United States to work, your employer will ask for your SSN.
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