Jobs and Premium Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-80
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-01-10
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Insurance industry and regulation

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Jobs and Premium Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill repeals the annual fee on health insurers. Under current law, the fee is suspended for 2019 and is scheduled to be reimposed in 2020.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 80 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 10, 2019 Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Gardner , and Ms. Sinema ) 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 ( 26 U.S.C. 4001 note prec.) is repealed.