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Together not married could each make $45960 for a total income of $91920 and each would still qualify for subsidies. compare that to married people. a married couple making $62040 or less qualifies for subsidies. that's tens of thousands of less than the $91,000 two unmarried people can make and be eligible critics say the obama care encourages people not to get married. >> if you have a couple, particularly without children, the advantage is remain unmarried and live together. >> others say this wasn't meant to be a marriage penalty. it's what happens when the go. ties programs the to federal...

Jon: well a marriage penalty of sorts could be the latest problem for obamacare as couples who just live together get a much better deal than those who walk down the aisle and say i-do. molly henneberg live in washington to explain that. molly if. >> reporter: obama care subsidies, taxpayer dollars given to people to help them pay for health insurance are based on income and the federal poverty levels. the less you make the more money you can get from the government. so let's look at the numbers. if you're an individual and you make above $45,960 you will not qualify for subsidies but below th...

You know, if they don't have it. the government is even going to help pay if you make less than $45,960. and with this job market, that's a lot of people out there. so they have to step up and they are going to be one of the biggest enrollers of the affordable care act and they have to do it. and they cannot wait. they need to do it october 1st, because that's when open enrollment starts. >> it's important to note people have to enroll during that window. there's an ad that got a lot of play last week put out by the group generation opportunity and funded by the koch brothers that targets youn...

Changes. >> conley is working with congressman on a federal it reform bill he says would address problems of the affordable care act. he says it won't be easy to change the system. he suggests the fact president barack obama is the first u.s. president to have regular access to e-mails and shows how far the federal government is behind the private sector. >> wendell, thank you. >> an examination of some of the fine print in the health care law has a lot of people upset. they say obama care is antimarriage. molly tells us why. >> married couples may get less in obama care subsidies than unmarri...

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