President Joe Biden is continuing his efforts to make healthcare more affordable for Americans. One way he is doing this is by helping the five million people who fall into the ‘family glitch’ of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The ‘family glitch’ is a section of the ACA that decreases the ability for families to qualify for health subsidies that make healthcare more affordable.

Currently, families do not qualify for health subsidies if they pay 9.61% or less of their paycheck on health insurance.

The goal of the current administration’s expanded health subsidies proposal is to allow family members who pay more than 10% of their income to health coverage to qualify for a subsidy.

Keep watching to learn more on how this effects Applicable Large Employers (ALE).