Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act of 2015
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Value Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act of 2015
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration program to test Value-Based Insurance Design methodologies in Medicare Advantage plans under part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for beneficiaries with chronic clinical conditions.
Defines "value-based insurance design methodology" as one for identifying specific prescription medications and clinical services for which copayments or coinsurance should be reduced or eliminated due to the high-value and effectiveness of such medications and services for specific clinical conditions.
Directs HHS to expand the demonstration program, except in certain circumstances, by issuing regulations to implement, on a permanent basis, those components that are beneficial to Medicare beneficiaries and the Medicare program.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1396: Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1396/
"S. 1396: Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1396/.
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