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HR 4406 113th Congress House Health Comprehensive health care Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Insurance industry and regulation

Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act

Introduced: April 4, 2014 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 11, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 4, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 4, 2014
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with respect to the program of risk corridors (under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums), to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that the amount of payments to plans for a plan year beginning during calendar years 2014 through 2016 does not exceed the amount of payments to the Secretary for such plan year.

Requires the Secretary to proportionately decrease the amount of payments to plans in order to ensure that such requirement is satisfied each year.

What's happening now April 11, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2