Raymond,
I just dove into my own CA return in TurboTax Premier Desktop, marked that we did not have coverage in Jan, Feb, and Mar. I did not check off any of the possible exemptions in the prior screen. Clicking Continue resulted in the screen stating:
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Based on your situation, the penalty has been waived!
This means your taxes won't be affected for not having health insurance in 2022.
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So, the issue was (a) only in the online version (unlikely), (b) fixed by the recent update (quite possible), or (c) you misentered something in the CA healthcare menus.
At this point, I suggest first checking if (b) is the actual situation and your problem is solved. If not, tackle possibility (c) after saving, logging out, closing your browser and restarting. Let me know if you succeed in getting past the issue now.
