[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5889 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5889

To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the 
    Secretary of Health and Human Services to set forth a method of 
determining maximum out-of-pocket limits and annual updates to premium 
                        tax credit eligibility.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2020

 Mrs. Axne (for herself, Ms. Matsui, and Mr. Horsford) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the 
    Secretary of Health and Human Services to set forth a method of 
determining maximum out-of-pocket limits and annual updates to premium 
                        tax credit eligibility.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Indexing for Health Care 
Affordability Act''.

SEC. 2. PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT PERCENTAGE.

    Section 1302(c)(4) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (42 U.S.C. 18022(c)(4)) is amended by striking ``calendar year)'' 
and inserting ``calendar year, based on estimates and projections for 
the applicable calendar year of the percentage (if any) by which the 
average per enrollee premium for employer-sponsored insurance exceeds 
such average per enrollee premium for the preceding calendar year, as 
published in the National Health Expenditure Accounts)''.
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