• Make sure people have affordable, accessible health coverage. Newly proposed language improves premium support, especially for those at the lowest incomes. We must keep these improvements!  Support the plan to:
  • Cap income contributions at 8.5 percent of income; 
  • Eliminate premiums for people living at under 150 percent of the federal poverty level;
  • Smooth out the premium scale by eliminating cliffs that cut families off from needed support; and
  • Improve and extend cost sharing measures.

• Encourage states to close the coverage gap, which disproportionately includes people of color and front-line workers, now by:
  • Raising the federal match on the Medicaid program (FMAP) for three years; and
  • Making the match available to states when they expand Medicaid.

Check out these resources to help you make the case to your legislators;

• Use these talking points to call or email your House Members and Senators.

• Read our blog on affordable coverage and premium subsidies to prepare; and

• Check out our new brief, Unfinished Business: Legislative Priorities for a 2021 COVID-19 Relief Package, for more information about the policies health care consumer advocates are prioritizing in this legislative session.

We won’t get another chance like this until next fall. With strong advocacy, we can ensure that Members of Congress take this opportunity to prioritize health and make real, long-term change in our communities. 

In solidarity,

Jessie Zimmerer, Campaign Manager