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S. 964 116th Congress Senate

Marketplace Certainty Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to improve cost-sharing subsidies.

Introduced: April 1, 2019 Introduced by: Jeanne Shaheen Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
Health Health care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and access
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Apr 1, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 1, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action April 1, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Marketplace Certainty Act

This bill expands eligibility for additional cost-sharing reductions that apply to certain enrollees of qualified health plans. Specifically, it increases the income thresholds under which plan holders receive such cost-sharing reductions and increases the percentage of the shared costs paid by the plan at each income threshold.

 Related & companion bills 5
  • HR 1346 Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2019
  • HR 2452 Medicare for America Act of 2019
  • HR 2463 Choose Medicare Act
  • S 1213 Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act of 2019
  • S 1261 Choose Medicare Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 10 Independent 1
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Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Jul 15, 2019
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Apr 1, 2019
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Apr 1, 2019
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Apr 1, 2019
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Apr 1, 2019
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Apr 1, 2019
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Apr 1, 2019
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Apr 1, 2019
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Apr 1, 2019
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Apr 1, 2019
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Apr 1, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 964: Marketplace Certainty Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-964/
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"S. 964: Marketplace Certainty Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-964/.
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S. 964, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-964/.
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