One such fix would address what she calls the “family glitch,” which excludes some low-income families from tax credit eligibility. According to The Hill, some low-income families don’t qualify for subsidies that help many of the nation’s poor afford to purchase healthcare because the definition of “affordable” employer-based coverage only includes the cost of individual plans, not family plans.
Ms. Clinton also called for solutions to “deal with the high cost of deductibles that put such a burden on so many working families,” as well as to remedy the “exploding cost of drugs, particularly the so-called specialty drugs.”
The presidential candidate has said she would be prepared to make amendments to the PPACA regardless of the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision in King v. Burwell, which could potentially invalidate the premium tax credits that allow about 6.4 million people in at least 34 states who purchased insurance plans from the federal exchange HealthCare.gov to afford healthcare coverage.
Like many other Democrats, Ms. Clinton has said she thinks King challengers have put forth a “very contorted argument that is being made by the opponents to blow up the Affordable Care Act’s guarantee of coverage,” according to The Hill.
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