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As I understand things, if you are self-employed and have healthcare premiums for a plan that you purchased on any of the State ACA ("Obamacare") Healthcare Exchanges, you need to select "I'm self employed and bought a Marketplace plan" and report those premiums on form 1095-A. )You will get the same deduction that way as you would reporting it on a Schedule C). You will not report Healthcare Exchange ("Marketplace") premiums on your Schedule C.
In my case I also have healthcare premiums that are deductible expenses and are for healthcare that is NOT purchased through my State's Healthcare Exchange (my spouse's premiums for healthcare purchased directly from an insurer). These I reported on my Schedule C with an associated form 7206. My filing was initially rejected until I followed Deborah's workaround and deleted the "ghost" Form 7206s that the TT bug was attaching to my K-1 forms.
So in summary, in my opinion at least (and I don't claim to be anyone's tax advisor), anyone who is self-employed and has deductible healthcare premiums paid to an ACA Exchange needs to report them on form 1095-A, not on Schedule C. (You should have received a 1095-A from your insurer). And anyone with deductible healthcare premiums paid for insurance that is not through an ACA Exchange needs to report those on Schedule C, which will also require a Form 7206. And anyone in a situation like mine where they have both, needs to split those premiums and report them on both their Schedule C with an attached Form 7206, AND a form 1095-A. The net result for your taxes owed or refund due will be the same (give or take some rounding of possibly a dollar or two.
This is how I understand things at least, and hopefully I'm right as this is how I filed my return.