I kept researching this. I solved my problem by manually entering the Second Lowest Cost Silver Plan (SLCSP) in column B of my 1095-A form in TT for the months I was on obamacare. I got the value for the SLCSP using the healthcare.gov Tax Tool. I now qualified for the PTC as seemed logical to me.
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