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What's in the Revised Build Back Better Package ?

10/28/2021

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Our economic recovery depends on addressing longstanding discrimination and barriers that have hampered women—including women of color—from fully participating in the labor force.

Based on the White House summary released today, the following is a summary of what we're celebrating in the revised Build Back Better plan. Please note that we recognize there is obviously more work to be done to address the economic and climate crises impacting our communities, and many desperately needed provisions are not included.

Expansion of Affordable Health Care
  • Strengthen the Affordable Care Act and reduce premiums for 9 million Americans.
  • Close the Medicaid coverage gap, leading 4 million uninsured people to gain coverage by  expanding federal Marketplace eligibility for people in non-expansion states through 2025.
  • Expand Medicare to cover hearing benefits.
  • Makes a historic investment in maternal health including mandating 12 month postpartum coverage through Medicaid.
  • Option for states  to provide Medicaid coverage for folks leaving prison or jail 30 days pre-release.

Investments in Children & Caregiving
  • Provide universal and free preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds, the largest expansion of universal and free education since states and communities across the country established public high school 100 years ago.
  • Provide more than 35 million households up to $3,600 (or $300 per month) in tax cuts per child by extending the American Rescue Plan’s expanded Child Tax Credit
  • Promote nutrition security to support children’s health by expanding free school meals to 8.7 million children during the school year and provide a $65 per child per month benefit to the families of 29 million children to purchase food during the summer. 
  • High-quality, affordable care for elder Americans and people with disabilities in their homes.

Improve Economic Security
  • Extend the expanded Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for around 17 million low-wage workers.
  • Make a historic investment in rental assistance, expanding vouchers to hundreds of thousands of additional families.
  • Includes one of the largest investments in down payment assistance in history, enabling hundreds of thousands of first-generation homebuyers to purchase their first home and build wealth.
  • Will create more equitable communities, through investing in community-led redevelopments projects in historically under-resourced neighborhoods and removing lead paint from hundreds of thousands of homes.

Combat the Climate Change Crisis
  • Target incentives to grow domestic supply chains in solar, wind, and other critical industries in communities on the frontlines of the energy transition. 
  • Deliver substantial consumer rebates and ensure middle class families save money as they shift to clean energy and electrification.
  • Create a new Civilian Climate Corps – with over 300,000 members that look like America. This diverse new workforce will conserve our public lands, bolster community resilience, and address the changing climate, all while putting good-paying union jobs within reach for more Americans.
  • Provide resources to farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners, supporting their efforts to reduce emissions.

Modernize & Improve Immigration Laws
  • Invests $100 billion in immigration to legalize the status of undocumented immigrants.
  • Reduces backlogs, expands legal representation, and makes the asylum system and border processing more efficient and humane.

Fully Funded by Making the Wealthy Make Their Fair Share
  • No one making under $400,000 will pay a penny more in taxes.
  • Includes a new surtax on the income of multi-millionaires and billionaires – the wealthiest 0.02% of Americans. It would apply a 5% rate above income of $10 million, and an additional 3% surtax on income above $25 million.
  • Stop large, profitable corporations from paying zero in tax and tax corporations that buyback stock rather than invest in the company.
  • Stop rewarding corporations for shipping jobs and profits overseas.
  • Creates a fairer tax system through transformation investments in the IRS:
    • hiring enforcement agents who are trained to pursue wealthy evaders, modernizing outdated IRS technology
    • investing in taxpayer service, so regular Americans can get their questions answered and access to the credits and benefits they are entitled to.

Taken together, the Build Back Better Agenda and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal will make critical investments we need to build our economy and our communities back better than ever.

We know there are key provisions that have been taken out of the plan like paid family medical leave but we are continuing to fight to ensure state and national leaders advance the policies to improve women's health, safety, and economic security.

Take a moment to call your congressional representatives and tell them you support the Build Back Better agenda as released today.


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  • About
    • Our Initiatives >
      • PATCH
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      • ECCOS
      • Wide Awake in Wisconsin
      • Policy Rx: Our Policy Vision
      • Wisconsin Women's Health Advocacy Summit
      • Health Professionals at the Forefront >
        • Unbiased Care in Women's Health
      • Women Win With the ACA
    • News
  • Take Action
    • Vote! >
      • Vote Early!
      • OutreachCircle
    • Census 2020
    • Know Your Legislators >
      • Meeting with Legislators
    • Media Advocacy
    • Policy Watch >
      • Peek at Policy Blog
      • Democracy & Accountability
      • 2021 Legislative Session Review >
        • Legislator Vote Record 2021-22
      • 2019 Legislative Session Review >
        • Legislator Vote Record
      • Executive Blueprint
      • Health Programs >
        • WI Well Woman Program
      • Economic Security >
        • Paid Family Medical Leave
      • Violence Against Women
      • Reproductive Health >
        • Post Roe Abortion Access
        • SCOTUS
        • Truth
        • Timeline of Reproductive Health Threats in WI
        • RESPECT Women Act
        • "Personhood"
        • Pelvic Exam Consent
      • Maternal & Child Health >
        • Momnibus Act
        • Postpartum Medicaid Coverage Expansion
        • Black MCH Justice
        • Healthy Women Healthy Babies
        • Community Based Doulas
        • WI "Cocaine Mom" Law
        • Patient Privacy & Confidentiality
      • State Budget
      • Health Care Reform >
        • Medicaid Expansion
  • Resources
    • Health Care Coverage
    • Resources to be a White Warrior
    • COVID-19 Resources
    • Public Charge Rule
    • Reproductive Justice
  • Connect
    • Events >
      • WI Women United for a Better Budget
      • Belly of the Beast Film Discussion
      • WI Women's Health Congress
  • Support Us
    • Why Support Us?
    • Donate >
      • Foster the Future
    • Shop & Support
    • Workplace Giving
    • Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
    • The Big Share
    • Day In My Shoes
  • #KindnessIsEverything
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    • Kindness Is Everything Wholesale