In the April 5 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, Aetna CEO Ron Williams was asked if premiums would go up as the result of health care reform. Williams said that absolutely they would go up and “some” of the things driving those are the additional taxes on the industry.
That was the bad news your health insurance premiums will go up, but they good news is that they are still deductible in bankruptcy in the means test. In Chapter 7 you can buy health insurance right before filing or if your premiums go up under both situations and still deduct the new higher amount in the means test. For those in Chapter 13 you can even buy it after you file and count the increased amount as an expense deduction.
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