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HR 1995 115th Congress House Health Health care costs and insurance Medicare

V-BID for Better Care Act of 2017

Introduced: April 6, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 21, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 7, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 6, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 6, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Value-Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2017 or the V-BID for Better Care Act of 2017

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to expand testing of a model of Medicare Advantage (MA) value-based insurance design that allows MA plans to propose and design benefit structures that vary benefits, cost-sharing, and supplemental benefits with respect to enrollees who have specific chronic diseases. The test model (initially being carried out in specified states) shall be expanded to all states, and may not be terminated prior to 2022.

What's happening now April 21, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 870 Related bill Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017
  • HR 4579 Related bill Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Apr 6, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1995: V-BID for Better Care Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1995/
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