[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5291 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5291

To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the 
    Secretary of Health and Human Services to set forth a method of 
   determining annual updates to premium tax credit eligibility and 
                     maximum out-of-pocket limits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 3, 2019

Mr. Van Drew (for himself, Ms. Matsui, and Mr. Horsford) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the 
    Secretary of Health and Human Services to set forth a method of 
   determining annual updates to premium tax credit eligibility and 
                     maximum out-of-pocket limits.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Indexing for Health Care 
Affordability Act''.

SEC. 2. PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT PERCENTAGE.

    Section 1302(c)(4) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (42 U.S.C. 18022(c)(4)) is amended by striking ``calendar year)'' 
and inserting ``calendar year, based on estimates and projections for 
the applicable calendar year of the percentage (if any) by which the 
average per enrollee premium for eligible employer-sponsored health 
plans (as defined in section 5000A(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986) exceeds such average per enrollee premium for the preceding 
calendar year, as published in the National Health Expenditure 
Accounts)''.
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