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New subsidies make buying health insurance less expensive, experts say
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Tens of millions of Americans will find it substantially more affordable to buy their own health insurance starting this month, thanks to generous financial help included in the American Rescue Plan Act signed by President Joe Biden in March.
That includes many people who ve already bought a plan for this year, as well as people who don t have insurance right now.
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Health policy experts are urging everyone who buys their own health insurance to visit HealthCare.gov during the pandemic-prompted extended open enrollment period that runs through Aug. 15, to take advantage of the new subsidies offered under the ARPA.
Chief Equity Officer Appointed for the Local Government in D.C.
A new effort to counter the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic and the systemic inequalities that long predated the pandemic is underway, with new leadership, in the nation s capital. April 6, 2021, 11am PDT | James Brasuell |
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has appointed the District s first Chief Equity Officer to lead a newly created office in the D.C. government dedicated to racial equity initiatives. Debbie Truong reports the news for DCist.
Amber Hewitt, the director of health equity at Families USA, will take on the new role, charged with the immediate task of leading the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately hurt Black, Latino and low-income families in the District.