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Massachusetts regulators granted more exemptions last year to residents who said they could not afford the health insurance required by the state, waiving the tax penalty for more than half of those who appealed, according to state data.
“We aren’t going to make someone pay just to make them pay,’’ said Celia Wcislo, a director of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and a member of the Connector Authority, which oversees Massachusetts’ health care law and grants the exemptions.
“It’s about making sure as many people are insured as possible, and not about the punishment,’’ she said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/02/07/more_get_waivers_of_health_insurance/?p1=Local_Links