 [ Symptoms ] my husband has been sick for a week has cold sweat feels nauseated and dizzy [ Disease ] the law makes available financial assistance for people with low and middle incomes if you are not working you will 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