Every Republican in Congress voted against extending these subsidies and some have vowed to continue the fight to take away these subsidies, thereby raising premiums by thousands for Americans. The Inflation Reduction Act extended these subsidies through 2025, allowing Americans to continue saving on average $2,400 a year on health care premiums. Previously, premiums would cost the average middle class family around 15 percent of their annual income, but these subsidies put a cap of 8.5 percent. Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, passed by President Biden an Democratic lawmakers, the ACA saw an increase of subsidies lowering health care costs for over 13 million Americans. Republicans Voted For Increased Health Care Costs For Millions of Americans. Just repealing the premium subsidies alone would cause over 3 million people to lose coverage entirely. Republicans have on the other hand released a plan that would raise premiums, end Medicaid as we know it, stop health care subsidies, and repeal not only the Inflation Reduction Act, but the American Rescue Plan and the Affordable Care Act. This has opened up the ACA marketplace to millions of low-income Americans and has allowed a record breaking 14.5 million people to have health care through open enrollment. Through this legislation, Democratic lawmakers have continued to make sure that no individuals or families making under around $20,000 and $41,000 respectively will have to pay for any premiums. Republicans Want Millions of Americans to Lose Access to Health Care. More information on Protect Our Care’s Inflation Reduction Act theme weeks can be found here. This week, Protect Our Care is focusing on how the bill reduces health care premiums for 13 million families purchasing coverage on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces. Protect Our Care is continuing to highlight the Inflation Reduction Act’s critical measures to drive down health care costs, reduce prescription drug prices, and combat racial disparities in care. Now, after voting in unison against the Inflation Reduction Act, these same Republican lawmakers are scrambling to change their message and fight to raise health care costs. The platform, called Lala Forever, is a designated space in the current online shop, through which the brand offers items that have been worn before.While President Biden and Democratic lawmakers fought hard to lower health care costs for Americans, Republicans were fighting to keep health care prices high, increase profits for Big Pharma, and pull one over on the American people going into election season. In June 2022, Lala Berlin launched their own resale platform to support a more sustainable fashion industry. Over the years, Piedayesh has evolved into a role model for women in entrepreneurship, often sharing her insights and brand direction in interviews, discussions and talks. The brand currently operates their own retail stores in Berlin and Copenhagen. Often, Piedayesh takes inspiration from her own roots, sounding out the symbolism of her Iranian culture, German upbringing and the general notion of world citizenship. The brand is known for their urban styles with a sophisticated touch, often showing designs with prints and patterns such as the Arabian Kufya print, colourful knitwear and dresses and skirts with a casual fit and flowing silhouettes. The community approach at Lala Berlin begins with the employees and ends with the customer, ensuring a holistic approach that fosters the production and consumptions of fewer, but better products. The brand strives to celebrate differences while emphasising unison. Heritage, community and responsibility are core values of Lala Berlin. Since its founding, Lala Berlin has had an impact on not only the local Berlin fashion scene but just as much the international one. The brand started off with knitwear collections but soon added ready-to-wear collections and accessories to its portfolio. Teheran-born and Berlin based creative director Leyla Piedayesh founded the brand in 2004 with the vision to create a brand that represents international fashion. "Founded in Berlin, rooted in the world" is the brand ethos that Lala Berlin pursues with their fashion. Lala Berlin is a contemporary ready-to-wear and accessory brand known for their take on urban dressing with a subtle free-spirited twist, rooted in a multicultural approach to fashion.
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