has been cut by from $104 a month, to $62 a month. $62 a month for quality health insurance that covers doctors visits, hospital care, prescription drugs. in fact, one-third of the consumers are buying plans through the affordable care act for less than $10 a month. early this week i announced that more than 2,500,000 americans have signed up for coverage for the fkts. since i called for this special period during this pandemic. folks, you don t have insurance, you still sign up under the affordable care act through sunday, august 15th. just go to healthcare.gov today and get covered. to all of those folks expressing concern about rising costs for families, i urge you to support these basic reforms.
has been cut by from $104 a month to $62 a month. $62 a month for quality health insurance that covers doctors visits, hospital care, prescription drugs. in fact, one-third of the consumers are buying plans through the affordable care act for less than $10 a month. earlier this week, i announced more than 2,500,000 americans signed up for coverage under the affordable care act since i called for the special enrollment period during this pandemic. folks that don t have insurance, you re still signing up under the affordable care act through sunday, august 15th. just go to healthcare.gov today and get covered. to all those folks, especially concerned about rising costs for families, i urge you to support
covid-19 began. but we aren t stopping there. american rescue plan was built knowing the recovery would take time. that there would be ups an downs so let me outline six specific actions people will see over the next few weeks to make sure that we fight the delta variant and wait for new vaccinations to be finished. and keep our economy strong. first, thanks to the latest middle class tax cut, in a long time, the next monthly check is the child tax credit. in the next month, checks will go out to almost 40 million families with children and in nine days. beginning next month. the middle this month, i should say. on august 15th, for example, a family with two young kids under the age of 7 will get a check for $600. paid immediately. and get a check next week for
we are going to send more help to small businesses on main street so the delta variant doesn t cause them to lay off employees and shutter their doors. there is something called the paycheck protection program. a loan program forgiveable if a small business kept their employees on the job and doors open. we are now in the process to forgive those loans for small businesses who are doing the right thing, putting them in a better position to keep their businesses going. fifth, if anyone is worried about getting health insurance during the pandemic, there is help today. for those who get their health insurance through the affordable care act we re covering more people with more extensive benefits with premiums that average 40% lower. you don t have insurance, you can still sign up under the affordable care act through august 15th. just go to healthcare.gov today.
damage you ve seen when covid-19 began. we aren t stopping there. american rescue plan was built knowing the recovery would take time that there would be ups and downs. let me outline six specific actions people will see over the next few weeks to make sure that we fight the delta variant and wait for new vaccinations to be finished and keep our economy strong. first, thanks to the latest middle class tax cut in a long time, the next monthly check is the child tax credit. the next nine days checks will go out to almost 40 million families with children in nine days beginning next month beginning the middle of this month, i should say. august 15th, for example, a family with two young kids under the age of 7 will get a