If your coverage was non-ACA compliant, then you would answer 'I had it for part of 2016', then enter the 3 months that your coverage met one of the plans below.
What counts as health insurance:
- Your employer (employer-sponsored health insurance, or insurance through your work, your spouse's or parent's work)
- A state, federal or private Health Insurance Marketplace
(including Healthcare.gov, and plans purchased through state
Marketplaces, which are also known as exchanges)
- Health plans offered by a college or university you’re enrolled in that began on or after December 31, 2015
- Your parent’s health insurance plan (if you’re under 26 years old)
- The Medicaid program in your state (Medi-Cal, MassHealth,
Medical Assistance Program, SoonerCare, TennCare, MaineCare,
HuskyHealth, etc.)
- Medicare (at least Part A, Part C or Medicare Advantage)
- A retirement program from your former employer
- Veteran’s Administration (VA), CHAMPVA, or TRICARE
- The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in your state
- A union that you’re a member of
- The Peace Corps
- COBRA
- Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA)
- The Nonappropriated Fund Health Benefit Program
- State high-risk pools for plan or policy years that begin on or before December 31, 2015
- A private plan purchased from a health insurance company such as
Kaiser, UnitedHealth, Aetna, Humana, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, etc.
- Other coverage recognized by the Department of Health & Human Services as minimum essential coverage
- A combination of any of the above that doesn't result in a coverage gap of 3 months or more or more than one coverage gap during the year