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First-ever insurance penalty data released

March 30, 2009

Most Massachusetts residents penalized in 2007 for not having health insurance paid the $219 they owed and many of the appeals protesting the penalty were approved, according to the State House News Service. State Connector Authority officials said that 1,780 appeals were approved and 450 were denied, with 200 appeals being dismissed for failure to provide documents or failing to show up for hearings, which were mostly conducted via telephone. Thirty appeals remain underway.
The state collected $16 million last year from 60,000 individuals who paid the health insurance penalties, which were deposited into a trust fund to offset the cost of providing coverage across the state, according to the state Department of Revenue.
The penalty is expected to rise to $1,068 in 2009, the State House News Service reported.

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