Health Care Costs And Insurance
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Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act [S.279]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Allows schools that receive grants under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Hoeven Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 116-54. on 07/09/2019
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Corporate Freeloader Fee Act [S.219]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Retirement ]
[Poverty ]
Imposes a specified excise tax on certain employers who employ low-wage employees during the year. A "low-wage" employee is an employee who receives wages from the employer that are less than 218% of the federal poverty line. The bill reduces the amount of the tax for employers who provide certain health and retirement benefits to low-wage employees. Government employers, churches, and church organizations are exempt from the tax.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sherrod Brown
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/24/2019
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Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 [S.172]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Taxes ]
Delays reimposition of the annual fee on health insurers until 2022. Under current law, the annual fee for a health insurer is calculated based on the insurer's share of total premiums from the preceding year. The fee is suspended for 2019 (i.e., there is no fee based on premiums from 2018); reimposition is scheduled for 2020.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/16/2019
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TRICARE Reserve Improvement Act [S.164]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
TRICARE Reserve Improvement Act expands TRICARE Reserve Select eligibility to include members of the Selected Reserve who are enrolled or eligible to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 01/16/2019
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Protect Medicaid Act [S.131]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibits federal payment under Medicaid for the administrative costs of providing health benefits to noncitizens who are ineligible for Medicaid based on their immigration status. The Department of Health and Human Services must report on specified information regarding states that provide health benefits to such individuals.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/15/2019
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Disability Integration Act of 2019 [S.117]
[Disabilities ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Insurance ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibits government entities and insurance providers from denying community-based services to individuals with disabilities that require long-term service or support that would enable such individuals to live in the community and lead an independent life. Specifically, these entities may not discriminate against such individuals in the provision of community-based services by such actions as imposing prohibited eligibility criteria, cost caps, or waiting lists or failing to provide a specific community-based service. Additionally, community-based
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/15/2019
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Medical Expense Savings Act [S.110]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
Makes permanent the reduction in the adjusted gross income threshold that must be exceeded before a taxpayer is allowed to claim an itemized tax deduction for medical expenses. (In 2017, the threshold was temporarily reduced from 10% to 7.5% for 2017 and 2018. makes the 7.5% threshold permanent.)
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/10/2019
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No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2019 [S.109]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Insurance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Modifies provisions relating to federal funding for, and health insurance coverage of, abortions. Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds for abortions or for health coverage that includes abortions. Such restrictions extend to the use of funds in the budget of the District of Columbia. Additionally, abortions may not be provided in a federal health care facility or by a federal employee. Historically, language has been included in annual appropriations bills for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that prohibits
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Motion To Proceed To Measure Considered In Senate. (cr S288-292) on 01/17/2019
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Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2019 [S.102]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Establishes a series of oversight and disclosure requirements relating to the prices of brand-name drugs. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review at least annually all brand-name drugs for excessive pricing; HHS must also review prices upon petition. If any such drugs are found to be excessively priced, HHS must (1) void any government-granted exclusivity; (2) issue open, nonexclusive licenses for the drugs; and (3) expedite the review of corresponding applications for generic drugs and biosimilar
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/10/2019
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Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act [S.99]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Makes a series of changes relating to the prices of prescription drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage (MA) prescription drug plans (PDPs). Under current law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) may neither negotiate the prices of covered drugs nor establish a formulary. The bill repeals these restrictions and instead specifically requires the CMS to (1) negotiate the prices of covered drugs; and (2) either establish a formulary for covered drugs, or require changes to PDP formularies that take
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/10/2019
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Jobs and Premium Protection Act [S.80]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Repeals the annual fee on health insurers. Under current law, the fee is suspended for 2019 and is scheduled to be reimposed in 2020.
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/10/2019
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Federal Employees Civil Relief Act [S.72]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishes a framework to temporarily suspend certain judicial and administrative proceedings against a federal employee or contractor during a lapse in appropriations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/09/2019
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Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2019 [S.62]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Allows the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to (1) negotiate drug prices under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and (2) institute a price structure for the reimbursement of drugs covered under the benefit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/09/2019
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John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act [S.47]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Recreation ]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Water ]
[Mining ]
[Education ]
[Climate Change ]
Sets forth provisions regarding various programs, projects, activities, and studies for the management and conservation of natural resources on federal lands. Specifically, the bill addresses, among other matters land conveyances, exchanges, acquisitions, withdrawals, and transfers; national parks, monuments, memorials, wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, historic and heritage sites, and other conservation and recreation areas; wildlife conservation; helium extraction; small miner waivers of claim maintenance fees; wildland fire operations;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Became Public Law No: 116-9. (txt | Pdf) on 03/12/2019
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Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act [S.30]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act directs the Department of Defense to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits through the TRICARE program to uniformed service members who are not on active duty and to uniformed service retirees. (Active duty members of the uniformed services are currently eligible for chiropractic services and benefits through the Chiropractic Health Care Program.)
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 01/08/2019
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American Miners Act of 2019 [S.27]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Healthcare ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
Transfers certain funds to provide pension and health benefits for retired coal miners who have been affected by issues such as coal company bankruptcies. The Department of the Treasury must transfer additional funds to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan to pay pension benefits required under that plan if the annual limit on transfers under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 exceeds the amount required to be transferred for existing obligations of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. The bill also increases
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/03/2019
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Territory Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 [S.19]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Lowers the annual fee on health insurers, specifically for those insurers that collect premiums from residents in U.S. territories. The annual fee for a health insurer is currently calculated based on the insurer's share of total premiums from the preceding calendar year. The bill excludes premiums paid by residents of U.S. territories from a health insurer's net premiums, but still includes the premiums of such residents in the determination of total premiums from the preceding year, thereby lowering the fee for these insurers. Under current law,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/03/2019
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Health Savings Act of 2019 [S.12]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Modifies the requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to rename high deductible health plans as HSA-qualified health plans; allow spouses who have both attained age 55 to make catch-up contributions to the same HSA; make Medicare Part A (hospital insurance benefits) beneficiaries eligible to participate in an HSA; allow individuals eligible for hospital care or medical services under a program of the Indian Health Service or a tribal organization to participate in an HSA; allow members of a health care sharing ministry to participate in an
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/03/2019
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Keeping Health Insurance Affordable Act of 2019 [S.3]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Alters and establishes several programs relating to health insurance and prescription drugs. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a public health insurance option through health insurance exchanges. The bill sets forth corresponding implementing provisions, including criteria for payment rates and provider participation. (For example, initial payment rates for providers and services must be set at the same rates as under Medicare; HHS may subsequently alter payment rates in accordance with
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Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/03/2019
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance". [HJR-43]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
This joint resolution nullifies a rule by the Department of Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services regarding short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans. Short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans are plans that may only offer coverage for a limited amount of time under law and that are exempt from the market requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (e.g., coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions). The rule increases the maximum authorized duration of such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/01/2019