The American Rescue Plan is on the way to the President's desk and he is expected to sign it tomorrow.  In addition to providing relief to unemployed workers, pulling millions of children and families out of poverty, and helping school districts address learning loss, the COVID-19 relief legislation will strengthen both public and private health insurance coverage.  

Among its Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provisions, the American Rescue Plan encourages states to finally take up the Medicaid expansion by offering even more favorable financial incentives than those already in place and allows states to provide longer postpartum health coverage for new mothers.  Among its private insurance provisions, the American Rescue Plan provides full premium subsidies for COBRA coverage, substantially increases subsidies for the purchase of health plans offered through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, and targets additional marketplace subsidies to those receiving unemployment benefits.

Georgetown University CCF's Edwin Park teamed up with Georgetown University's Center on Health Insurance Reforms' Sabrina Corlette to publish a brief explaining the health coverage provisions of the American Rescue Plan.

Read the brief here