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Family Health Care Affordability Act of 2019

Introduced: March 26, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 26, 2019
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Family Health Care Affordability Act of 2019

This bill modifies the requirement for determining the affordability of employer-sponsored minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). (Under current law, the coverage is unaffordable, and an employee may be eligible for premium assistance tax credits, if the employee's required contribution for an individual plan exceeds 9.5% of household income.)

The bill specifies that, with respect to an employee's family members who are eligible to enroll in the plan, affordability must be determined using the cost of family coverage rather than individual coverage to expand the eligibility of families for premium assistance tax credits.

What's happening now March 26, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2