Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Public Option Deficit Reduction Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to offer a public health insurance option through health insurance exchanges. Unlike the coverage options currently available on exchanges, which are administered by private insurance companies, this public option must be administered directly by HHS. The public option must comply with the same general requirements as other plan types available on exchanges, including with respect to available benefits, benefit levels, provider networks, notices, consumer protections, and cost sharing. Medicare health care providers are automatically participants in the public option unless they opt out, and providers not participating in Medicare may opt in. In addition, the bill establishes requirements for setting premiums, payment rates, and provider incentives. The bill provides funding to establish the public health insurance option, which HHS must repay over 10 years.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health
Comprehensive health careDepartment of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structureHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth programs administration and funding
Public Option Deficit Reduction Act
USA117th CongressHR-2010| House
| Updated: 3/19/2021
Public Option Deficit Reduction Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to offer a public health insurance option through health insurance exchanges. Unlike the coverage options currently available on exchanges, which are administered by private insurance companies, this public option must be administered directly by HHS. The public option must comply with the same general requirements as other plan types available on exchanges, including with respect to available benefits, benefit levels, provider networks, notices, consumer protections, and cost sharing. Medicare health care providers are automatically participants in the public option unless they opt out, and providers not participating in Medicare may opt in. In addition, the bill establishes requirements for setting premiums, payment rates, and provider incentives. The bill provides funding to establish the public health insurance option, which HHS must repay over 10 years.
Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Health
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Comprehensive health careDepartment of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structureHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth programs administration and funding