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Ideas taken from H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 and put into a simple, easy to understand format.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Outline Administrative standards that reduces costs and improves service.
Outline Administrative standards that reduces costs and improves service, including the ability for Administrators to determine an accurate ...more »
4 commentsOutline Administrative standards that reduces costs and improves service, including the ability for Administrators to determine an accurate total financial estimate at the point of service as well as enabling real time electronic transfer of funds to take place if possible (mirrors currently existing laws}.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Establish a National Prevention and Wellness Strategy.
1 commentEstablish a National Prevention and Wellness Strategy along with appropriations for its trust fund.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Prioritize the implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care.
2 commentsPrioritize any eventual implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Establish a Health Benefits Advisory Committee
Add your commentEstablish a Health Benefits Advisory Committee chaired by the Surgeon General of the United States.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop quality measures.
Require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop quality measures for the delivery of health care services in the United ...more »
Add your commentRequire the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop quality measures for the delivery of health care services in the United States.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Eliminate Medicare PART D coverage gap
Provide for a phased-in elimination of the Medicare PART D coverage gap and requires drug manufactures to discount and/or rebate additional ...more »
Add your commentProvide for a phased-in elimination of the Medicare PART D coverage gap and requires drug manufactures to discount and/or rebate additional qualifying drugs originally excluded from the plan.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Increase Medicaid payments to physicians for primary care.
Add your commentIncrease Medicaid payments to physicians for primary care.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Expand Medicaid for lower-income individuals and families.
Add your commentFurther expand Medicaid eligibility and scope of covered preventive services, for lower-income individuals and families.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Establish a Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research.
Add your commentEstablish a Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research, which would analyze cost variances for similar treatments across the country.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Reduce Medicare payments to hospitals with excessive re-admissions.
Add your commentReduce Medicare payments to hospitals with excessive re-admissions.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Tax individuals with adjusted gross income exceeding $350,000.
1 commentProvide for a tax on individuals with adjusted gross income exceeding $350,000.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Tax individuals without health insurance.
1 commentProvide for a tax on individuals without health insurance.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Tax employers that do not provide the required health insurance.
Add your commentProvide for a tax on employers that do not provide the required health insurance.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Require employers with payroll costs over $250,000 to provide health insurance
Add your commentRequire employers with payroll costs over $250,000 that are using the HIE to provide health insurance.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Provide a tax credit for low-income individuals and families
Add your commentProvide a tax credit for low-income individuals and families to help pay insurance premiums.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Establish a Health Choices Administration
Add your commentEstablish a Health Choices Administration to govern public health options.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Establish a Health Insurance Exchange (HIE)
Establish a Health Insurance Exchange (HIE) within a proposed Health Choices Administration, to provide individuals and employers access to ...more »
Add your commentEstablish a Health Insurance Exchange (HIE) within a proposed Health Choices Administration, to provide individuals and employers access to health insurance coverage choices. The HIE would contract with various insurers to offer benefit plans at competitive prices, by establishing a risk-pooling mechanism. This will allow individuals and small companies to band together to bargain for lower rates.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Create a public health insurance option
2 commentsCreate a public health insurance option to operate based on average private insurance pricing.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Limit annual out-of-pocket expenses to $5,000
Add your commentLimit the annual out-of-pocket expenses to $5,000 for an individual and $10,000 for a family.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Prohibit cancellation of insurance coverage
1 commentProhibit cancellation of coverage except for in cases where there is evidence of fraud.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Prohibit premium variances
Add your commentWe should prohibit premium variances, except for age, geographic area, or family (vs. individual) enrollment.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions.
3 commentsProhibit pre-existing condition exclusions so that people with pre-existing conditions are able to get insurance coverage.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »establish mandates to purchase health insurance for most legal United States residents
Add your commentHR 3200 should establish a mandate to purchase health insurance for most legal United States residents with an income above poverty level.
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This idea is active.Ideas Contained Within The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 »Strong insurance market reforms should be enacted.
2 commentsStrong insurance market reforms should be enacted.