the law makes available financial assistance for people with low and middle incomes. if you're not working you'll likely either qualify for medicaid (if you live in a state expanding its program) or highly subsidized health insurance. if medicaid is not available to you where you live and you are unable to afford insurance even with subsidies (meaning the lowest priced health plan costs more than 8% of your income) you will not be penalized for failing to have health insurance.
if i'm unemployed without benefits and couldn't find job yet how suposse to i can pay this health insurance? . i try to find a job this last year and a half and nothing i post around 10 application a day in different kind of jobs i am 46 years old. every job that applied is 400 to 600 other people applying at the same one and some with more experience and upper level of education.