The Hidden Marriage Penalty in Obamacare

The first time I heard Nona Willis Aronowitz talk about getting divorced to save money on health insurance I thought she couldn’t really be serious. We were at Monte’s, an old Italian place in South Brooklyn, having dinner with a group of New York women writers in late July.

“Don’t do it!” I urged her, certain, having watched my friends over the years, that no matter how casually she or her husband might treat the piece of paper that says they are married, getting unhitched would inevitably change their relationship as profoundly as getting hitched in the first place.

Continue reading this piece from the Atlantic here.

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• By Garance Franke-Ruta inThe Atlantic, November 5, 2013

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