Rep. Donna Shalala Votes to Pass Patient Protection & Affordable Care Enhancement Act
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"In these trying times, Americans are worried about their jobs, their loved ones, their health, their country--they should not also worry about how to pay for health care if they get sick in the midst of a pandemic," said
Among other things, if passed into law, the bill would:
* Significantly increase the ACA's affordability subsidies to be more generous and cover more middle-class families. For the first time, no person will have to pay more than 8.5 percent of their income for a benchmark silver plan in the ACA marketplaces, and many Americans will see their premiums cut in half or more.
* The bill requires the Secretary of
* Expand coverage, pressing Medicaid expansion hold-out states--like
* Combats inequity in health coverage faced by communities of color, expanding more affordable coverage to vulnerable populations and fighting the maternal mortality epidemic by requiring states to extend Medicaid or CHIP coverage to new mothers for a full year post-partum;
* Cracks down on junk plans & strengthens protections for people with pre-existing conditions, reversing the
A fact sheet on the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act is available here https://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/files/documents/Affordable%20Care%20Enhancement%20Act%20-%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf.
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