US HB2000 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)
Status: Introduced on April 1 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-12-10 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Establishes and funds the Medicare Exchange health plan, which allows individuals who are not otherwise eligible for Medicare to enroll in a government-administered health insurance plan. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must offer such plan in certain individual health insurance exchanges beginning plan year 2021 and offer it in all individual health insurance exchanges beginning plan year 2024. CMS must offer the plan in the small group market in all geographic areas for plan year 2025. The plan must meet the same requirements, including essential health benefits, as existing health insurance exchange plans. Unless they opt out, health care providers enrolled under Medicare or under a state Medicaid plan must participate in the plan and are reimbursed at Medicare rates. The bill establishes a grants program for community organizations, educational institutions, and health agencies to create service partnerships and establish interactive data systems for health care providers. Additionally, the bill expands the premium tax credit available for plans purchased through an exchange and eliminates the restriction on the Department of Health and Human Services negotiating prescription drug prices for Medicare.

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Title

Medicare-X Choice Act of 2019

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-12-10HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-04-02HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-04-02HouseSponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2947)
2019-04-01HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-04-01HouseReferred 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.
2019-04-01HouseReferred 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.
2019-04-01HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

HB1868 (Related) 2019-03-26 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
SB981 (Same As) 2019-04-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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