HR 544
113th Congress
House
Health
Age discrimination
Aging
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation
Letting Insurance Benefit Everyone Regardless of Their Youth (LIBERTY) Act
Introduced: February 6, 2013
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 6, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 6, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Letting Insurance Benefit Everyone Regardless of Their Youth (LIBERTY) Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the permissible variation based on age for premium rates charged by a health insurance issuer for health insurance coverage offered in the individual or small group market from "3 to 1" for adults to "5 to 1" for adults, or such other ratio for adults as the state involved may provide. (The restrictions on premium variations enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act apply to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.)
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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