The Biden Administration has explicit policy to increase health insurance affordability. Andrew Sprung and I in a new
Health Affairs Blog post outlines how the Administration has two options to maximize short run affordability through administrative action on silver loading. Silver loading is the practice of placing the entire incremental cost of Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) subsidies that low income ACA buyers receive to reduce out of pocket expenses onto only the premium of silver plans. Higher relative silver plans set the subsidy benchmark higher and makes non-silver plans for subsidized buyers comparatively cheaper.
But silver loading has stopped halfway. Those who analyzed the likely effects of a cutoff of direct CSR funding anticipated that gold plans would become consistently cheaper than silver. That’s because CSR raises the average, blended value of silver plans above that of gold plans….
The City of San Antonio on Wednesday will launch an Emergency Resource Call Center (ERCC) and website to assist residents affected by the recent severe winter weather.
Live Updates: Resources for after the storm
Feb. 15, 2021
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Hundreds of San Antonians stand in line to enter the H-E-B at West Avenue and Blanco Road at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, after snow and freezing temperatures caused the closing the the store chain and most businesses.Billy CalzadaShow MoreShow Less
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CPS Energy crews were seen driving along Vance Jackson Road during another day of snow in San Antonio on Thursday, Feb 18, 2021. “This extreme weather event has caused unimaginable hardships,” SAWS President and CEO Robert R. Puente says of the arctic blast that left hundreds of thousands without power for hours at a time while also leading to burst pipes and other water supply problems.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Clean Cars For All is a California program that offers incentives to low-income people to surrender their older, polluting vehicles by helping them buy a clean electric vehicle. Transit passes were added as a “mobility option,” as well, and with S.B. 400 in 2019, so were e-bikes and bike-share memberships.
So far, only the San Francisco Bay Area has gotten its e-bike incentives rolling out. A few applications were accepted in late 2020, to test the program, and in January the Bay Area Air Quality Management District began accepting applications for real.