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<title>Territories Health Equity Act of 2019</title>
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<action-date>2019-02-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Territories Health Equity Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill alters provisions under Medicaid, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage relating to U.S. territories, and generally modifies and establishes programs to expand health insurance coverage for residents.</p> <p>Among other things, the bill</p> <ul> <li>eliminates Medicaid funding limitations for U.S. territories beginning in FY2020;</li> <li>repeals provisions that exclude residents of Puerto Rico from a certain automatic enrollment process for Medicare medical services;</li> <li>establishes minimum criteria for certain elements used in Medicare Advantage payment calculations for areas within U.S. territories; and</li> <li>allows residents of U.S. territories who are unable to obtain health insurance through their employer or a health insurance exchange to instead obtain coverage through the District of Columbia exchange, including coverage that is available to Members of Congress and their staff.</li> </ul>]]></summary-text>
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