H.R. 6311 · 115th Congress
Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans Act of2018
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- House Introduced Jul 6, 2018
- House Passed Jul 25, 2018 242–176
This bill modifies the requirements for the premium assistance tax credit and allows all individuals to purchase catastrophic health plans in the individual market.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 6, 2018
This bill modifies the requirements for the premium assistance tax credit and allows all individuals to purchase catastrophic health plans in the individual market.
(Under current law, the premium assistance tax credit is provided to eligible individuals and families to subsidize the purchase of health insurance plans on an exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.) The bill modifies the credit to:
- make the credit available for catastrophic qualified health plans and plans that are not offered through an exchange, but otherwise meet the requirements for qualified health plans;
- prohibit advance payments of the credit from being made for a health plan that is not enrolled in through an exchange; and
- prohibit the credit from being used for health plans that cover abortions (other than abortions necessary to save the life of the mother or abortions with respect to a pregnancy that is the result of an act of rape or incest).
The bill also modifies the requirements for minimum essential health benefits to allow all individuals purchasing health insurance in the individual market to purchase a lower premium catastrophic plan. (The plans are currently limited to individuals who are under 30 or qualify for a hardship or affordability exemption.)
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
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About this bill and sources
Official title: Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018
Latest action (Jul 26, 2018): Received in the Senate.
Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 6, 2018
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- House Introduced Jul 6, 2018
- House Passed Jul 25, 2018 242–176
Final vote · House · Jul 25, 2018
Passage — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: Paul D. Ryan
Table of every position
All recorded votes (2)
- Passage Passed
House · Jul 25, 2018 · “On Passage” · Speaker: Paul D. Ryan - Sending back to committee (motion to recommit) Failed
House · Jul 25, 2018 · “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” · Speaker: Paul D. Ryan