If you are on NYSHIP, you should have received a notification in the mail that you would be receiving IRS form 1095-C, which the IRS sends to the state to prove that you had qualifying health insurance for 2015. Amidst all the tax related mail you’ve been receiving, you may be unsure for what to do with this form. Here’s all you need to do with it:

  1. Check it for accuracy: Read it over to make sure the information on it is accurate. If there are any mistakes, call the number listed on the right hand corner of the form.
  2. Retain it for your records: If the information on the form is correct, file it away some place safe.

That’s it: you don’t need to file it with your state or federal taxes and you don’t need to return he form to the state. Basically, this form serves to let you know that you and your enrolled dependents did indeed have qualifying health insurance for last year.

Note: if you are enrolled in Medicare, or have dependents enrolled in Medicaid, that enroll net info will not appear on this form, 1095-C; instead, you may be getting a 1095-B form from Medicaid.