JAMA Network November 22, 2022
Melissa Suran, PhD, MSJ
The Biden-Harris administration finalized a rule to fix the ”family glitch”: a regulatory flaw in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that rendered many family members of people with employer-sponsored health insurance ineligible for subsidized coverage. The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service, which released final regulations, initially proposed to fix the flaw this April.
“Protecting and strengthening implementation of the Affordable Care Act is key to increasing access to quality, affordable health care,” Secretary Xavier Becerra, JD, of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said in a
statement. “Today’s action resolves a flaw in prior ACA regulations to bring more affordable coverage to about one million Americans. Our goal is simple: leave no one behind...
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