Gov. Scott opposes health insurance penalty

Legislators must decide over the next several months how the state should administer Vermont’s health insurance mandate, which takes effect next year. The state mandate does not include a tax penalty. The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress reversed a federal tax on uninsured Americans in 2017. Under the original Obamacare law, the annual penalty was $695 for adults and $347.50 for children. That penalty goes away in the 2019 tax year.