Choose Medicare Act
- Last Action
- 12/10/2019
Actions
- 2019-12-10Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- 2019-05-02Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2019-05-01Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-05-01Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-05-01Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-05-01Introduced in House
- 2019-05-01Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-05-01 (00)
Choose Medicare Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish public health insurance plans and addresses health insurance costs. Such public plans must be offered on health insurance exchanges and (1) meet the requirements of a qualified health plan; (2) cover benefits at the gold plan level; and (3) cover reproductive services, including abortions.
Additionally, the bill makes a series of changes related to health insurance costs, including
- requiring employers to refer employees to health care navigators to assist with enrollment,
- establishing an annual limit on out-of-pocket costs for services under Medicare,
- providing HHS with the authority to negotiate prices under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program,
- expanding the premium-assistance credit by benchmarking the credit amount to the second-lowest cost gold plan and increasing the income threshold for eligibility,
- requiring qualified health plans to reduce cost sharing for low-income plan holders,
- providing funding for states to provide reinsurance to health insurance issuers and to assist individuals with out-of-pocket costs for plans offered through health insurance exchanges,
- applying the premium rate-setting requirements to large group health plans, and
- requiring HHS or states to take corrective actions to address unreasonable premium rates set by insurance issuers.
Cosponsors (7)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Harley Rouda (D-CA)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH)
Subjects
- Abortion
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Civil actions and liability
- Comprehensive health care
- Consumer affairs
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Income tax credits
- Inflation and prices
- Insurance industry and regulation
- Medicare
- Prescription drugs
- Sex and reproductive health
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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