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S 1375 118th Congress Senate Health Health care costs and insurance

HELP Copays Act

Introduced: April 27, 2023 Introduced by: Marshall, Roger Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Apr 27, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 27, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Help Ensure Lower Patient Copays Act or the HELP Copays Act

This bill requires health insurance plans to apply certain payments made by, or on behalf of, a plan enrollee toward a plan's cost-sharing requirements. Specifically, plans must apply third-party payments, financial assistance, discounts, product vouchers, and other reductions in out-of-pocket expenses toward the requirements.

What's happening now April 27, 2023

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 830 Identical bill HELP Copays Act
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 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 16 Republican 7
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Dec 18, 2024
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Dec 10, 2024
 D
Kelly, Mark
Arizona · Dec 10, 2024
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Dec 10, 2024
 D
Padilla, Alex
California · Dec 10, 2024
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Dec 10, 2024
Sinema, Kyrsten
· Dec 10, 2024
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Dec 10, 2024
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Oct 30, 2023
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Oct 30, 2023
 D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Oct 4, 2023
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jul 19, 2023
 R
Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Jul 13, 2023
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Jun 6, 2023
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jun 1, 2023
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · May 31, 2023
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · May 31, 2023
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · May 18, 2023
 R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · May 16, 2023
Mullin, Markwayne
· May 4, 2023
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · May 3, 2023
 R
Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Apr 27, 2023
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Apr 27, 2023
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 27, 2023
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Apr 27, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1375: HELP Copays Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1375/
MLA
"S. 1375: HELP Copays Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1375/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. 1375, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1375/.
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[S. 1375: HELP Copays Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1375/)
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