There were more than a dozen ways to be exempt from the penalties from not having health insurance, and the government just added 4 more.
These new exemptions include if you:
1. Live somewhere where there are no marketplace plans available
2. Live somewhere where there is just one insurer marketplace plans
3. Can’t afford a plan that doesn’t cover abortion
4. Can’t afford a plan that doesn’t cover the specialty care you need
Read more here:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/04/24/605007498/4-new-exemptions-to-the-tax-penalty-for-lacking-health-insurance