The Biden administration is pressing ahead with its efforts to improve the affordability of health coverage, moving forward with a proposal to revisit a regulatory stumbling block long criticized by health-care advocates.
The “family glitch,” part of a 2013 rule implementing the Affordable Care Act, makes it harder for many families to qualify for the premium subsidies that help make Obamacare coverage affordable. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimated in a 2021 report that “more than 5.1 million people fall in the family glitch.”
The 2013 regulation specifies that if individuals are eligible for affordable employer coverage that meets ACA qualifications, ...
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