Biden’s new plan isn’t any better for your health

Published November 1, 2021 1:00pm ET



Last week, President Joe Biden unveiled a new social spending framework that omitted many of the healthcare provisions Democrats have been calling for.

One provision that has survived is a massive and wasteful expansion of Obamacare. In March, Congress made federal tax credits available to those shopping for coverage on the exchanges with incomes above 400% of the federal poverty level — about $106,000 for a family of four. Those tax credits cap what they’d have to spend on a benchmark health plan at 8.5% of income through 2022.

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