Health Affairs June 24, 2020
On June 22, 2020, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act (HR 1425). The bill is designed to strengthen and expand upon the Affordable Care Act (ACA), shore up the Medicaid program, and lower prescription drug prices. The House Rules Committee will take up HR 1425 on June 24, with consideration by the full House after that.
HR 1425 would improve marketplace access and affordability. Among other changes, the bill would expand the availability of ACA subsidies to additional income brackets, make premium tax credits (PTCs) more generous, eliminate the “family glitch,” fund outreach and navigators, fund state-based reinsurance or subsidy programs, fund state efforts to set up their own marketplaces,...
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