We at Wild Blue tend to celebrate policy updates that result in more people covered with access to care. We really get excited when people can obtain high quality, affordable coverage, for example purchasing ACA-Compliant health insurance through Healthcare.gov.

For several years, the so-called “family glitch” interrupted good news about available APTCs (Advanced Premium Tax Credits) helping make ACA Marketplace health insurance more affordable. Fixing the “family glitch” should be a major celebration, although we have some questions about how well the glitch fix … well … fixes the glitch.

Here is recent guidance from CMS with insights about the updated policies for employees and employers. We would love to learn your thoughts: please comment and let us know if this is the policy solution you were hoping would be made available.