# Affordable healthcare act question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affordable-healthcare-act-question/626585>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 28, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affordable-healthcare-act-question/626585 "2012-06-28T15:12:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affordable-healthcare-act-question/626585/1 "2012-06-28T15:12:13Z")

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For a family of two, what’s the cutoff limit for receiving subsidies to pay for the new mandate?

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**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affordable-healthcare-act-question/626585/2 "2012-06-28T15:24:14Z")

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From Kaiser Family Foundation:

[http://healthreform.kff.org/SubsidyCalculator.aspx](http://healthreform.kff.org/SubsidyCalculator.aspx)

It’s based off the poverty level, IIRC.

To add, I believe it caps out at 400% of the poverty level, but I could be wrong about that.

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affordable-healthcare-act-question/626585/3 "2012-06-28T15:30:31Z")

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Interesting, thank you, but why does it only give single adult or family of four? I’m married with no kids. That doesn’t seem to take that into account.