3.0.0 1511 2023-01-11T13:37:31Z 2023-01-11T13:37:31Z Senate S 2017-06-29 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-29T19:47:47Z Public Option Deficit Reduction Act 115 1307 HR 2017-03-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2017 115 252 S 2017-02-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Individual Health Insurance Marketplace Improvement Act 115 1354 S 2017-06-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Marketplace Certainty Act 115 1462 S 2017-06-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Affordable Coverage for More Americans Act of 2017 115 3620 HR 2017-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS Individual Health Insurance Marketplace Improvement Act 115 3311 HR 2017-07-19 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. Related bill CRS Marketplace Certainty Act 115 3258 HR 2017-07-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6046) Related bill CRS Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2017 115 1688 S 2017-08-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2017-06-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-06-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N Health Appropriations Business records Child health Comprehensive health care Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Income tax credits Medicaid Medicare Prescription drugs Public contracts and procurement Retail and wholesale trades Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations State and local finance Health 00 2017-06-29 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-16T14:05:49Z Keeping Health Insurance Affordable Act of 2017

This bill alters and establishes several programs relating to health insurance and prescription drugs. Among other changes, the bill

  • establishes and funds the Individual Market Reinsurance Fund to provide an individual market stabilization reinsurance program in each state;
  • requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a public health insurance option through health insurance exchanges;
  • expands eligibility for the health insurance premium tax credit;
  • expands eligibility for additional cost-sharing reductions that apply to certain enrollees of qualified health plans;
  • requires drug manufacturers, as a condition of participation in the Medicare prescription drug benefit, to issue rebates to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for drugs dispensed to certain low-income enrollees;
  • requires the CMS to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies regarding prices for drugs covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit; and
  • provides an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage of 100% to states that deliver items and services through a collaborative care model or an evidence-based model that integrates behavioral health services into primary care treatment.
]]> Keeping Health Insurance Affordable Act of 2017 Display Title Keeping Health Insurance Affordable Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to bring stability to the individual insurance market, make insurance coverage more affordable, lower prescription drug prices, and improve Medicaid. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Keeping Health Insurance Affordable Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1511is/xml/BILLS-115s1511is.xml 2017-06-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.