Health Affairs | October 12, 2022
Read the PublicationOn October 11, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury issued a final rule to revise a 2013 interpretation on premium tax credit eligibility for families. This change fixes the so-called “family glitch” by newly extending eligibility for marketplace subsidies to many dependents of low-wage workers who were previously ineligible. The final rule was accompanied by statements from President Biden and Secretary Becerra of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).