Jobs and Premium Protection Act

Bill: 114-s-183
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2015-01-16
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Insurance industry and regulation

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Jobs and Premium Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill repeals a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that imposes an annual fee on a health insurance provider based on its net premium income.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 183 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2015 Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Hatch , Mr. Alexander , Ms. Ayotte , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Burr , Mr. Coats , Mr. Crapo , Mrs. Fischer , Mr. Flake , Mr. Gardner , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Isakson , Mr. Kirk , Mr. Moran , Mr. Roberts , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Scott , Mr. Toomey , Mr. Vitter , and Mr. Wicker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Jobs and Premium Protection Act . 2. Protecting patients from higher premiums Section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ), as amended by section 10905 of such Act and by section 1406 of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–152 ), is repealed.