Why should you care? Subsidy certification of even one applicant claiming to be a full-time employee not offered affordable, qualifying 2015 coverage can cause the IRS to assess a non-deductible tax against the applicant’s alleged employer. Employers with low wage employees in a county with a high subsidy rate are most at risk. According to an HHS analysis of Healthcare.gov subsidized enrollments through July 1, 2015, here are the top ten subsidy counties in each SEC (it’s the season) state.
|
State/County |
No. of Subsidized 2015 Enrollments |
|
Alabama |
|
|
Jefferson |
20,801 |
|
Mobile |
16,074 |
|
Madison |
11,682 |
|
Baldwin |
8,553 |
|
Shelby |
6,243 |
|
Tuscaloosa |
4,720 |
|
Lee |
4,289 |
|
Morgan |
3,896 |
|
Etowah |
3,708 |
|
Houston |
3,397 |
|
Arkansas |
|
|
Pulaski |
7,295 |
|
Benton |
5,082 |
|
White |
4,926 |
|
Garland |
2,633 |
|
Faulkner |
2,378 |
|
Sebastian |
2,136 |
|
Saline |
2,053 |
|
Craighead |
1,869 |
|
Jefferson |
1,084 |
|
Baxter |
1,081 |
|
Florida |
|
|
Miami-Dade |
377,191 |
|
Broward |
203,354 |
|
Palm Beach |
125,973 |
|
Orange |
100,474 |
|
Hillsborough |
69,676 |
|
Pinellas |
53,018 |
|
Duval |
49,505 |
|
Lee |
38,813 |
|
Polk |
32,627 |
|
Volusia |
31,515 |
|
Georgia |
|
|
Gwinnett |
69,209 |
|
Fulton |
49,715 |
|
Dekalb |
45,227 |
|
Cobb |
38,638 |
|
Clayton |
20,422 |
|
Chatham |
16,820 |
|
Henry |
11,682 |
|
Cherokee |
10,700 |
|
Richmond |
9,584 |
|
Forsyth |
8,279 |
|
Louisiana |
|
|
Jefferson |
21,818 |
|
East Baton Rouge |
20,545 |
|
Orleans |
17,513 |
|
St. Tammany |
9,943 |
|
Caddo |
8,461 |
|
Lafayette |
7,388 |
|
Ouachita |
6,196 |
|
Calcasieu |
5,146 |
|
Tangipahoa |
4,405 |
|
Livingston |
4,369 |
|
Mississippi |
|
|
Hinds |
18,730 |
|
Desoto |
5,748 |
|
Rankin |
5,507 |
|
Madison |
5,339 |
|
Harrison |
4,144 |
|
Jackson |
3,166 |
|
Forrest |
2,230 |
|
Lauderdale |
1,915 |
|
Lee |
1,892 |
|
Jones |
1,788 |
|
Missouri |
|
|
St. Louis |
41,114 |
|
Jackson |
23,952 |
|
St. Louis City |
14,844 |
|
Grundy |
13,346 |
|
St. Charles |
11,584 |
|
Jefferson |
8,219 |
|
Clay |
7,128 |
|
Boone |
5,070 |
|
Christian |
4,199 |
|
Franklin |
3,803 |
|
South Carolina |
|
|
Greenville |
21,483 |
|
Horry |
16,946 |
|
Charleston |
16,486 |
|
Richland |
14,439 |
|
York |
9,858 |
|
Lexington |
9,643 |
|
Anderson |
7,405 |
|
Beaufort |
6,503 |
|
Berkeley |
6,418 |
|
Aiken |
5,223 |
|
Tennessee |
|
|
Shelby |
25,465 |
|
Davidson |
24,125 |
|
Knox |
13,093 |
|
Hamilton |
11,083 |
|
Rutherford |
6,946 |
|
Williamson |
5,172 |
|
Sullivan |
4,813 |
|
Sumner |
4,325 |
|
Blount |
3,599 |
|
Montgomery |
3,209 |
|
Texas |
|
|
Harris |
193,096 |
|
Dallas |
112,114 |
|
Tarrant |
82,989 |
|
Bexar |
82,264 |
|
Travis |
50,112 |
|
El Paso |
50,486 |
|
Collin |
38,088 |
|
Fort Bend |
35,051 |
|
Hidalgo |
30,891 |
|
Denton |
28,549 |
