Extra coverage help under the American Rescue Plan for New Yorkers who lost jobs and job-based insurance HealthWatch (United Hospital Fund of New York) Newell, Peter, author. Health Benefit Plans, Employee Health Insurance Exchanges -- economics Income Tax Unemployment The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), signed by President Biden on March 11, 2021, boosted the affordability of health coverage by building on Affordable Care Act provisions, as highlighted in a recent HealthWatch issue brief. But the sweeping pandemic relief measure also provides special coverage help to New Yorkers who lost their jobs or job-based health coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic, by building on traditional safety net programs tied to unemployment. This issue brief examines the ARPA provisions that will help consumers afford premiums on lost employer-based coverage (commonly known as COBRA), sharply reduce health costs for workers who received unemployment benefits in 2021, and protect taxpayers who underestimated their income in 2020 from having to repay premium tax credits that made coverage more affordable. [New York, NY] : United Hospital Fund, August 2021 United Hospital Fund of New York, issuing body. Technical Report Text 1 online resource (1 PDF file (6 pages)). nlm:nlmuid-9918351273906676-pdf 9918351273906676 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918351273906676 English New York United States Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0