CBO: Ways & Means Bill Hikes Exchange Enrollment By 1.7M In 2022

By Amy Lotven / February 16, 2021 at 7:56 PM
About 1.7 million more people would buy coverage through the health insurance exchanges in 2022 under the provisions in the House Ways & Means COVID-19 bill that, if enacted, would temporarily increase and enhance the Affordable Care Act’s tax credits and erase the subsidy cliff, the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Commission on Taxation said Monday (Feb. 15). The agencies also found subsidizing 85% of COBRA premiums would bring in 2.2 million more enrollees than under current law - at...


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