Bill Sponsor
House Bill 2463
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Choose Medicare Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 1, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
May 1, 2019
Latest Action
Dec 10, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
2463
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Louisiana
Democrat
California
Democrat
California
Democrat
California
Democrat
District of Columbia
Democrat
New Hampshire
Democrat
New Hampshire
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.
Text (1)
Actions (4)
12/10/2019
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
05/02/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
05/01/2019
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.
05/01/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:19:35 PM