Health Coverage Tax Credit

	In the next set of questions we would like to ask about a Health Coverage Tax Credit, also known as HCTC. This is a benefit given by the IRS that either pays some of your monthly health insurance premium or allows you to claim a tax credit for 65% of your health care insurance costs at the end of the year on your tax return.

27.	Have you heard about this benefit?
	(Select one.)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No (Go to Question 31.)
	3.		Don't know (Go to Question 31.)

28.	Are you getting the HCTC benefit or did you get it in the past?
	(Select one.)
	1.		Yes (Go to Question 31.)
	2.		No
	3.		Don't know (Go to Question 31.)

29.	Are you looking into applying for the HCTC benefit, or are you expecting to get the benefit?
	(Select one.)
	1.		Yes (Go to Question 31.)
	2.		No
	3.		Don't know (Go to Question 31.)

	We would like to find out why you didn't get the Health Coverage Tax Credit benefit. Did you not participate in the HCTC program because….

30.	You don't need to participate in the Health Coverage Tax Credit because you have other health care coverage?
	(Select one.)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No
	3.		Don't know

	b. Was it too expensive?
	(Select one.)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No (Go to Question 30e.)
	3.		Don't know

	c. Was it too expensive because you couldn't pay the first bill, which included 2 months' worth of premiums?
	(Select one.)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No
	3.		Don't know

	d. Was it too expensive because the monthly health insurance premiums were too high?
	(Select one.)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No
	3.		Don't know

	e. Did you not participate because you got information on the HCTC too late to qualify?
	(Select one.)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No
	3.		Don't know

	f. Did you not participate because you found the Health Coverage Tax Credit confusing?
	(Select one.)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No
	3.		Don't know

	g. You were not eligible.
	(Select one.)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No
	3.		Don't know

	h. Were there any other reasons that you did not participate in the Health Coverage Tax Credit benefit?
	(Select one.)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No
	3.		Don't know
	4.		Other

	If other, please specify.

Full Report: GAO-06-43

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