3.0.0 2463 2022-02-08T23:19:35Z 2022-02-08T23:19:35Z House HR 2019-05-01 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 1, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. RICHMOND:H.R. 2463.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted toCongress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl.1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and theNecessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).Further, this statement of constitutional authority is madefor the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XIIof the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall haveno bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.[Page H3406]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Hearings by 2019-12-10T15:06:46Z Referred to 2019-05-02T14:57:38Z Referred to 2019-05-01T14:02:10Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-05-01T14:02:20Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-05-01T14:02:15Z Marketplace Certainty Act 116 964 S 2019-04-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Choose Medicare Act 116 1261 S 2019-05-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Rates Act of 2020 116 6136 HR 2020-03-09 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2019-12-10 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2019-05-02 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-05-01 Referred 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-05-01 Referred 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2019-05-01 Referred 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2019-05-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-05-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000588 Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] Cedric Richmond D LA L. 2 N H001068 Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] Jared Huffman D CA 2 2019-05-01 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2019-05-01 True K000389 Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] Ro Khanna D CA 17 2019-05-09 False R000616 Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48] Harley Rouda D CA 48 2019-05-09 False K000382 Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] Ann Kuster D NH M. 2 2019-05-16 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2019-12-10 False P000614 Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] Chris Pappas D NH 1 2019-12-10 False Health 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 Health 00 2019-05-01 Introduced in House 2020-10-30T19:55:27Z 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.
]]> Choose Medicare Act Display Title Choose Medicare Act Official Title as Introduced To provide for the establishment of Medicare part E public health plans, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Choose Medicare Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2463ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2463ih.xml 2019-12-10 Subcommittee Hearings Held. 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.