Solved: How to put in health insurance information as a dependent.

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Expert Alumni

Jun 4, 2019 9:04:36 PM

When it is working properly:

Turbo Tax will walk you through the questions for health insurance. Select either that you had insurance all year, or pick which months you did.
Click on the Federal Taxes tab and select Health Insurance
When asked if you had health insurance in 2016, select either all year or you will pick what months (total), and Continue.
When asked about being enrolled in any of these less common plans in 2016, select Yes if anyone was enrolled for any months.
On the What type of plan were you enrolled in? screen, select the option that generated the 1095-A, and then Continue.
Follow the prompts to enter your 1095-A for the months on the form. Leave any other months blank and Turbo Tax will know it does not need any forms for that time. Your return will not need entry for any time covered by an employer's plan or by Medicaid. It does not need entry of 1095-B or Cs. It only needs specific information from the 1094-A form.
Note: If most of the lines across are the same, you can use the blue copy previous month button to enter it again.

If that is not working and you are stuck in a loop, try this work around.

Click on the Personal Info tab
Select and select No, no one can claim me as a dependent (just for the workaround)
Click on the Health Insurance tab, click had coverage all year and complete the questions.
Then, click back on the Personal Info tab and click yes, someone else can claim me.

This should solve the problem, but if not, there is another workaround and a link for email updates in this TurboTax FAQ.

Expert Alumni

Jun 4, 2019 9:04:36 PM

When it is working properly:

Turbo Tax will walk you through the questions for health insurance. Select either that you had insurance all year, or pick which months you did.
Click on the Federal Taxes tab and select Health Insurance
When asked if you had health insurance in 2016, select either all year or you will pick what months (total), and Continue.
When asked about being enrolled in any of these less common plans in 2016, select Yes if anyone was enrolled for any months.
On the What type of plan were you enrolled in? screen, select the option that generated the 1095-A, and then Continue.
Follow the prompts to enter your 1095-A for the months on the form. Leave any other months blank and Turbo Tax will know it does not need any forms for that time. Your return will not need entry for any time covered by an employer's plan or by Medicaid. It does not need entry of 1095-B or Cs. It only needs specific information from the 1094-A form.
Note: If most of the lines across are the same, you can use the blue copy previous month button to enter it again.

If that is not working and you are stuck in a loop, try this work around.

Click on the Personal Info tab
Select and select No, no one can claim me as a dependent (just for the workaround)
Click on the Health Insurance tab, click had coverage all year and complete the questions.
Then, click back on the Personal Info tab and click yes, someone else can claim me.

This should solve the problem, but if not, there is another workaround and a link for email updates in this TurboTax FAQ.

How to put in health insurance information as a dependent.