Biden administration aims to fix "family glitch" in health care law
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Washington — The Biden administration is taking action Tuesday designed to fix what's become known as the "family glitch" in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the nation's health care law.
Under the current law, families may only obtain health insurance through the ACA's marketplace if they would be forced to spend more than about 10% of their income through their employers or other programs. But if an employee's cost is under 10% of income for individual coverage and only exceeds 10% when family members are added to the insurance plan, the family is still viewed under the law as having affordable coverage
A new rule proposed by the Treasury Department would enable family members who must pay more than 10% of their income for health care coverage to get financial help under the ACA, according to a senior Biden administration official.
