March 09, 2021

Pandemic Aid Package Includes Some Relief From High Health Plan Premiums-NPR

As President Joe Biden's pandemic relief package steams through Congress, Democrats have hitched a ride for a top health care priority: strengthening the Affordable Care Act with some of the most significant changes to insurance affordability in more than a decade. The bill would spend $34 billion to help Americans who buy insurance on the health plan marketplaces created by the ACA through 2022, when the benefits would expire. The Senate sent its relief package, one of the largest in congressional history, back to the House where it could come up as early as Tuesday, where it is expected to pass and then go to Biden for his signature. NPR, 03/09/2021