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S 1298 110th Congress Senate Health Catastrophic health insurance Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Executive reorganization Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Labor and Employment Reinsurance

Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2007

Introduced: May 3, 2007 See on congress.gov
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May 3, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5594-5595)
May 3, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5593-5594)
May 3, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs).

Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services an Office of Federal Reinsurance, which shall in turn establish a Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs to make reinsurance payments to eligible health plans experiencing catastrophic health care costs during a year with respect to a covered individual.

Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Reinsurance for Catastrophic Health Care Costs Trust Fund.

What's happening now May 3, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5594-5595)

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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · May 3, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1298: Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1298/
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