10-14-2022, 06:00 AM
(10-13-2022, 05:54 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: Student Debt Relief is probably the biggest. The student loan forgiveness plan was more than just forgiving debt, though that was a huge help to the average person. The plan also caps the amount borrowers need to pay at 5% of their discretionary monthly income, cutting it from the 10% that it was at. After 20 years, your loan would be forgiven but they have now dropped that to 10 years, as long as the balance is less than $12k. Monthly interest is covered, so if you are making your monthly payments, your balance will not grow.
The infrastructure bill fits the ticket, in my opinion, though others may disagree. There are a handful of projects in my city that are being kicked off that are funded by this bill. One is a major bridge repair that has been needed for quite some time. The bridge has been out of commission.
Some may argue the gun safety bill, but I am honestly not super educated on it so I will refrain. It was a bipartisan bill, though. In fact, several of these were, but they aren't targeted towards the average person. Stuff like the CHIPS Act, PACT Act, Inflation Reduction Act (has some stuff that affects the normal person, like establishing a $35 cap on insulin supply for the month).
I would also add the cap on medical insurance costs through the ACA.
As someone who takes a $9000/month medication and is on Medicare, the cap on out of pocket prescription cost will put $7000/year back into my pocket. Just that amount for me is life changing. It will give me a bit of breathing room every month. And will be the same for 100’s of thousands of other disabled persons
Republican politicians like the compare the Us to other 1st world counties when it comes to the abortion question. Well, the US is the only country that allows healthcare or lack of healthcare to financially destroy people
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