{"id":1711,"date":"2021-05-24T20:05:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T20:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosen-testing.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T20:23:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T20:23:07","slug":"rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosen, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Ensure Stronger Federal Assistance to Reduce Deductibles and Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Families"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/span><\/span><\/b> \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), announced that she has joined Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging stronger federal assistance to reduce deductibles and out-of-pocket health care expenses for American families. In addition, the Senators asked for support for a long-term investment in premium assistance and closing the Medicaid coverage gap for low-income families in states that haven\u2019t expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cProviding affordable, comprehensive coverage to the nation\u2019s uninsured is a vital component of building a health care system that is equipped to ensure equity in health outcomes regardless of race or ethnicity. People of color are currently disproportionately represented among the uninsured. While increasing health coverage will not solve every health care inequity, having coverage has been shown to increase access to health care services, including preventive services and treatment for chronic disease, which can save lives,\u201d wrote the Senators.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The full text of the letter can be found aqu\u00ed<\/span><\/a> and below:<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Mr. President, <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As your administration works with Congress to develop a policy framework to advance the Build Back Better agenda, we write to urge you to ensure that policies to improve the affordability of health care coverage are central to those efforts. We applaud your proposal in the American Families Plan to permanently extend the critical but temporary improvements in health insurance premium affordability enacted in the American Rescue Plan Act. These premium tax credit enhancements will substantially reduce net premiums paid by American families for Health Insurance Marketplace coverage and begin to reduce the number of people who are uninsured. To truly deliver accessible and affordable care to Americans across this country, Congress will need to make premium tax credit improvements permanent, as you have proposed, while also making an investment to reduce deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses for individuals and families.  <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Too many American families face significant deductible and out-of-pocket costs that threaten their access to the care they need. The average deductible for silver-level Marketplace plans in 2021 is nearly $5,000 for individuals, and while low-income people can access plans with reduced cost-sharing, that help is not always sufficient. For example, a person with income of $26,000 a year would still have an average deductible of more than $3,000, a staggering 13 percent of their income. Significant deductibles and cost-sharing expenses are also a barrier to care in employer-based coverage. High deductibles and out-of-pocket costs can discourage people from even enrolling in health coverage, no matter how much financial assistance they can get with premiums. To make historic progress toward covering the uninsured, and to ensure that having coverage truly delivers affordable access to health care and improved financial security, additional federal assistance to reduce cost-sharing expenses is critical.  <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Your administration has the opportunity to work with Congress to strengthen Medicaid and the Marketplaces, which have provided a crucial safety net during the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. Your administration\u2019s decision to open an emergency special enrollment period at HealthCare.gov allowed more than one million people to enroll in coverage by early May, with many of them accessing plans with $0 net premiums because of the premium tax credit enhancements under American Rescue Plan. In order to ensure lasting affordability of premiums and long-term reductions in the number of uninsured in this country, we will need to provide a long-term investment in premium assistance and close the Medicaid coverage gap for low-income individuals in states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.  <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Providing affordable, comprehensive coverage to the nation\u2019s uninsured is a vital component of building a health care system that is equipped to ensure equity in health outcomes regardless of race or ethnicity. People of color are currently disproportionately represented among the uninsured. While increasing health coverage will not solve every health care inequity, having coverage has been shown to increase access to health care services, including preventive services and treatment for chronic disease, which can save lives. <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the weeks and months ahead, we look forward to working with you on these priorities so that we can ensure that Americans have access to affordable coverage now and in the years to come. Thank you for your attention to these critical issues.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/span>###<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), announced that she has joined Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging stronger federal assistance to reduce deductibles and out-of-pocket health care expenses for American families. In addition, the Senators asked for support […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-1711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press_release","tag-health-care"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRosen, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Ensure Stronger Federal Assistance to Reduce Deductibles and Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Families - Jacky Rosen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rosen, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Ensure Stronger Federal Assistance to Reduce Deductibles and Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Families - Jacky Rosen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), announced that she has joined Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging stronger federal assistance to reduce deductibles and out-of-pocket health care expenses for American families. In addition, the Senators asked for support […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jacky Rosen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-24T20:05:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-13T20:23:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Reilly Lowery\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Reilly Lowery\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Reilly Lowery\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#\/schema\/person\/20a03a641934935d4f3d4ef406539869\"},\"headline\":\"Rosen, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Ensure Stronger Federal Assistance to Reduce Deductibles and Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Families\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-24T20:05:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-13T20:23:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/\"},\"wordCount\":743,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Health Care\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Press Releases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/\",\"name\":\"Rosen, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Ensure Stronger Federal Assistance to Reduce Deductibles and Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Families - Jacky Rosen\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-24T20:05:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-13T20:23:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rosen, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Ensure Stronger Federal Assistance to Reduce Deductibles and Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Families\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/\",\"name\":\"Jacky Rosen\",\"description\":\"Senator for Nevada\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#organization\",\"name\":\"United States Senate\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/logo-large.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/logo-large.png\",\"width\":631,\"height\":287,\"caption\":\"United States Senate\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#\/schema\/person\/20a03a641934935d4f3d4ef406539869\",\"name\":\"Reilly Lowery\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/255c914696a2d3a7c7933a27408b26fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/255c914696a2d3a7c7933a27408b26fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Reilly Lowery\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/author\/r-lowery\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rosen, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Ensure Stronger Federal Assistance to Reduce Deductibles and Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Families - Jacky Rosen","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/","og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rosen, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Ensure Stronger Federal Assistance to Reduce Deductibles and Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Families - Jacky Rosen","og_description":"WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), announced that she has joined Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging stronger federal assistance to reduce deductibles and out-of-pocket health care expenses for American families. In addition, the Senators asked for support […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/","og_site_name":"Jacky Rosen","article_published_time":"2021-05-24T20:05:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-07-13T20:23:07+00:00","author":"Reilly Lowery","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Reilly Lowery","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/"},"author":{"name":"Reilly Lowery","@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#\/schema\/person\/20a03a641934935d4f3d4ef406539869"},"headline":"Rosen, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Ensure Stronger Federal Assistance to Reduce Deductibles and Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Families","datePublished":"2021-05-24T20:05:05+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-13T20:23:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/"},"wordCount":743,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#organization"},"keywords":["Health Care"],"articleSection":["Press Releases"],"inLanguage":"es-ES"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/","name":"Rosen, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Ensure Stronger Federal Assistance to Reduce Deductibles and Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Families - Jacky Rosen","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-05-24T20:05:05+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-13T20:23:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es-ES","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2021\/05\/24\/rosen-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-ensure-stronger-federal-assistance-to-reduce-deductibles-and-out-of-pocket-health-care-expenses-for-families\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rosen, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Ensure Stronger Federal Assistance to Reduce Deductibles and Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Families"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/","name":"Jacky Rosen","description":"Senator for Nevada","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es-ES"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#organization","name":"United States Senate","url":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-ES","@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/logo-large.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/logo-large.png","width":631,"height":287,"caption":"United States Senate"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#\/schema\/person\/20a03a641934935d4f3d4ef406539869","name":"Reilly Lowery","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-ES","@id":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/255c914696a2d3a7c7933a27408b26fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/255c914696a2d3a7c7933a27408b26fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Reilly Lowery"},"url":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/author\/r-lowery\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2626,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions\/2626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}