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HR 4671 116th Congress House

Helping Seniors Afford Health Care Act

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing, align income and resource eligibility tests, simplify enrollment, and provide … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing, align income and resource eligibility tests, simplify enrollment, and provide for other program improvements for low-income Medicare beneficiaries.

Introduced: October 15, 2019 Introduced by: Kim, Andy Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 24, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 305.
Jan 24, 2020
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Jan 24, 2020
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-381, Part I.
Oct 17, 2019
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Oct 17, 2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 17, 2019
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
Oct 16, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 15, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 15, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Oct 15, 2019
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8141)
Oct 15, 2019
Introduced in House
Sep 25, 2019
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Health Prior to Introduction and Referral.
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 Latest action January 24, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 305.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping Seniors Afford Health Care Act

This bill alters eligibility standards and related processes for several programs that provide premium and cost-sharing assistance to low-income Medicare beneficiaries.

Among other things, the bill expands income eligibility for the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program and the Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary Program to up to 135% and 200% of the federal poverty level (FPL), respectively, and provides an enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) to state Medicaid programs for expenditures related to the expansion. The bill also repeals the Qualifying Individual Program (which currently provides premium assistance to beneficiaries with incomes between 120% and 135% of the FPL).

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5
D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Dec 6, 2019
Malinowski, Tom
· Nov 14, 2019
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Oct 22, 2019
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Oct 21, 2019
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Oct 15, 2019
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Oct 15, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4671: Helping Seniors Afford Health Care Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4671/
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"H.R. 4671: Helping Seniors Afford Health Care Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4671/.
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