CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - <\/p>\n
Get ready - you only have the weekend left to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. <\/p>\n
The Obama administration says it should secure its target of just over 9 million people enrolled by February 15, the day open-enrollment ends for 2015 coverage. <\/p>\n
Those without health care will face tax penalties. <\/p>\n
H&R Block tax advisor Prentice Hardin says it's more than her clients expect right now. I don't think they realize the overall impact this may have, she told WBTV as she prepped for tax season. <\/p>\n
And those penalties will go up for those that miss this weekend's deadline from about $95 per adult for the 2014 tax year to a minimum of $325 per adult without coverage for the 2015 calendar year. <\/p>\n
But, buying insurance is getting more expensive too. <\/p>\n
Former NASCAR driver Damon Lusk said he wanted to make the deadline to get insurance for his employees at his company, Race City Steel, but that premiums keep increasing. <\/p>\n
It's just really hard to do that when you see these costs rising, he said. You have to know what you can afford and what you can't. It's definitely a shock to us how much things have increased. <\/p>\n
Average monthly premiums across the country rose by 8 percent in federal market states, according to data the government released this week. <\/p>\n
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