Hey y’all. For the last couple of years, I have had my health insurance through my workplace. T

his year, I moved to PA, went back to school and my income dropped significantly. My only income is my scholarship and it’s about $18k per year. I applied to Pennie and it gave me some options but I don’t understand some of them and Pennie’s call center couldn’t help me understand them, so maybe you guys can.

Some notes about me:

+My school provides Doctor’s examinations for $25 only. So in case of small injuries and sicknesses, I can just go see a Doc at school.

+Also, I wasn’t born and raised in the US, so in case of extreme cases like Cancer and Non-Emergency Surgeries, I can visit my family and take care of myself over there.

The only reason I need health insurance is in case I break my arm or something similar happens.

Pennie gave me some options look like this:

INDEPENCE

Keystone HMO Silver Proa…

SILVER  HMO CSR

$10.86 /month

after $302.86 tax credit

PRIMARY CARE VISIT$5

GENERIC DRUGS$4

DEDUCTIBLE$0/$0

OOP MAX$2150

There are a lot more looking like this.

What does that tax credit thing mean?

What would you do if you were in my position?

Thanks

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