The American Rescue Plan, signed into law last week, includes extra financial help for millions who lost their jobs and turned to coverage through ACA marketplaces during the pandemic.
In a recent op-ed in The Hill, Urban Institute researcher Linda Blumberg explores how these temporary improvements will affect Americans and highlights permanent solutions that could fill persisting gaps in the ACA to make health care more affordable and accessible.
Urban’s health policy experts have produced a wealth of research with evidence-based recommendations that give policymakers options for addressing these gaps. In some of their recent analyses, the researchers explore:
