Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a replacement for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should have certain features.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a replacement for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should: (1) allow states to receive broad authority to reform their individual health insurance markets, and (2) grant states the authority necessary to create certain market conditions which incentivize insurance companies and allow individuals to use their health savings accounts and insurance plans for more services.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1089 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1089

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a replacement 
for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should have certain 
                               features.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2018

Mr. Sessions (for himself, Mr. Faso, Mr. Cole, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Granger, 
    Mr. Hill, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Gianforte, Mr. Lance, Mr. 
    Mitchell, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Bishop of 
Michigan, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Olson, Mr. Buck, Mr. Meadows, and Mr. Cramer) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                         on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a replacement 
for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should have certain 
                               features.

    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
a replacement for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(Public Law 111-148) should do the following:
            (1) Allow States to ask for and receive broad authority to 
        reform their individual health insurance markets provided that 
        any such reform--
                    (A) ensures that individuals with preexisting 
                conditions experience--
                            (i) lower premiums;
                            (ii) lower out-of-pocket costs; and
                            (iii) greater accessibility to in-network 
                        providers;
                    (B) takes steps towards ensuring that individuals 
                who pay premiums to group health plans and then become 
                too sick to work have access to individual health 
                insurance coverage that is similar to such group health 
                plans in price, quality, and access to care, regardless 
                of any preexisting condition; and
                    (C) has an impact on Federal finances that is 
                budget neutral.
            (2) Grant States the authority necessary--
                    (A) to create market conditions which provide 
                incentives to insurance companies to provide coverage 
                to individuals with an expensive health condition, 
                including cancer, diabetes, and heart disease; and
                    (B) to allow individuals to use health savings 
                accounts and individual insurance plans for more 
                services.
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