ACA Subsidies To Begin To Include Cost Of Kids’ Dental Plans In 2019.

The Detroit Free Press (7/11, Spangler) reports US Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) “said Monday that the Treasury Department has adopted a future change in benefits” to use “the cost of dental coverage to help calculate a portion of subsidies received by individuals and families under the Affordable Care Act.” The Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service “announced the proposed change – which won’t take effect until 2019 – in Friday’s Federal Register.” The article mentions that currently when providing subsidies “the government does not take into account the cost of standalone pediatric dental plans in determining how much a family receives in tax credits. In some state insurance exchanges, insurance plans are allowed not to include dental coverage as long as the exchange includes separate, standalone pediatric dental coverage.”