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S 3701 109th Congress Senate

Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act

Official title: A bill to determine successful methods to provide protection from catastrophic health expenses for individuals who have exceeded health insurance coverage for … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to determine successful methods to provide protection from catastrophic health expenses for individuals who have exceeded health insurance coverage for uninsured individuals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 20, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 20, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8060)
Jul 20, 2006
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 20, 2006

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish demonstration projects to provide health care coverage to individuals who: (1) are not eligible for Medicaid or Medicare benefits and have exceeded $10,500 in out-of-pocket health care costs in a year or an adjusted amount based on the average out-of-pocket costs of individuals with catastrophic illnesses in a state for the year; or (2) were receiving Medicare or Medicaid benefits but who have exhausted their eligibility and any additional private health insurance coverage. Directs the Secretary, in designing such demonstration projects, to use: (1) state risk pools; (2) reinsurance mechanisms for small businesses; (3) public or private arrangements for the provision of affordable health insurance coverage to cover catastrophic health care expenses; and (4) any combination of such arrangements.

Requires the Secretary to establish demonstration projects to provide health insurance coverage for catastrophic health benefits to individuals who do not have health insurance coverage. Directs the Secretary, in designing such demonstration projects, to: (1) use a catastrophic health insurance product administered by private health insurance plans with a deductible indexed to income level or an adjusted deductible amount based on average out-of-pocket costs; and (2) subsidize such catastrophic coverage and allow subsidies on a sliding scale to offer an affordable product for individuals earning below 200% of the federal poverty level.

Establishes evaluation requirements for the projects.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3701: Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3701/
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