1 For example, American Language Services offers interpreters starting at $100 per hour (or $125 for sign language) and a two-hour minimum is required. 2  Phone interpreters typically cost $1.25-$3 per minute. 3  Language Translation, Inc. offers a flat fee of $1.88 per minute for phone interpreting, for example. Travel time is typically billed extra, as an hourly rate or a set fee. 2  For instance, interpreters working with the Arkansas Courts cost an additional 45 cents per mile or $40 per hour for travel outside of their county.
If you donât have insurance coverage and you can afford it, you will be penalized and pay a fee in most cases. For 2016, the penalty fee is whichever is greater: 2.5 percent of your yearly household income, or $695 per adult and $347.50 per child for the year. The household maximum penalty fee is $2,085.
The ACA play-or-pay penalties are lower than the cost of providing health benefits, and low-wage workers could use the ACAâs new premium tax credits to buy insurance in the individual market. Some people believe that many employers will stop offering coverage and pay the penalties.any firms are already contributing much more than $3,000 per worker for health coverage and would have little reason to modify their arrangements to avoid the penalty. However, there are exceptions: in 2010, the average total premium for single coverage was $5,049, and employers contributed an average 81 per-cent.