Here's the thing:
When you apply for healthcare assistance in California, you must go through the Covered California website to apply. This could lead you to either:
A- Be approved for monthly subsidy that helps pay for healthcare through their online Marketplace, henceforth the need for a 1095-A.
OR
B- You are approved for Medi-Cal through the Covered CA website application, however the payments aren't made by Covered CA but, rather Medi-Cal themselves. Hence the 1095-B form.
A 1095-A tracks payments made to a health insurance plan on your behalf. With Medi-Cal, payments aren't being made on your behalf, you are simply being given coverage (hence the 1095-B). This leads to an active ticket on Covered CA while also providing you with coverage through Medi-Cal.
The problem occurs when, on the Turbotax website, you finally arrive at the Health Care page that requests you tell them how you received health care (ACA, Covered CA, etc.). If you are like me and originally made the mistake of selecting Covered CA because that's who you believe your provider is, you will now endlessly be rejected by the Government for not having a 1095-A when you attempt to file, while Turbotax's unfriendly UI refuses to let you go back to that page and correct the mistake.
