Monday, May 10, 2021
On April 28, 2021, President Biden gave his first address to Congress and announced the American Families Plan (AFP or the Act). The AFP follows the 1.9 trillion-dollar stimulus, the American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law on March 11, 2021. The AFP seeks to invest approximately 1.8 trillion dollars in various issues facing families, including childcare, pre-school, paid family leave, Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax cuts, nutrition support, and free community college. According to the White House’s Fact Sheet on the AFP (Fact Sheet), the AFP “is an investment in our children and our families helping families cover the basic expenses that so many struggle with now, lowering health insurance premiums, and continuing the American Rescue Plan’s historic reductions in child poverty.” This blog post discusses the health-related portions of the AFP and provides an overview of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which seeks to lower prescription
the list is very long. employer mandates delay, out of pocket cap s delayed, small business online enrollment delayed with 200 2000 plus businesses and unions can waver, congress gets subsidies. that is what he was driving out. what makes sense for individuals? that is republicans lying out to negotiate. suggesting businesses got all this because they have lobbyist. or unions make the contributions the democratic party. they should have single-payer, but that is exactly what republicans are asking and what they demanded and failed to get in some of the debt ceiling and continuing resolution talks. you saw the background when house speaker john boehner talks to the press a couple of moments ago. they have a new hashtag. let s talk.