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Relief from Obamacare Mandate Act of 2016
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Relief from Obamacare Mandate Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to exempt individuals with certain premium increases from the requirement under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to maintain minimum essential health coverage. The exemption applies to any individual for any month during a year that the individual resides in a state in which the average premium for self-only or family coverage under the second lowest cost silver plans within the state has increased by more than 10% from the prior year. The bill also requires the cost of annual deductibles to be taken into account in applying the exemption for individuals who cannot afford coverage. The bill repeals provisions added to the IRC by PPACA that: (1) restrict payments from health savings accounts (HSAs), Archer medical savings accounts (MSAs), and health flexible spending and reimbursement arrangements for medications to prescription drugs and insulin only (thus allowing payments for over-the-counter medications); (2) impose a $2,500 limitation on salary reduction contributions to a health flexible spending arrangement under a cafeteria plan; and (3) impose an additional tax on HSA and Archer MSA distributions not used for qualified medical expenses.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 954, CO-OP Consumer Protection Act (Smith) - exemption from individual mandate H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2205, Data Security Act (Neugebauer) - data security H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3323, Dental and Optometric Care Access Act (Carter) - dental and vision benefits H.R. 3727, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review H.R. 4299, Patient Opportunity Protection Act (Blum) - HIPAA excepted benefits H.R. 5410, Health Coverage State Flexibility Act (Flores) - grace period for recipients of advanced premium tax credits H.R. 5589, Plan Verification and Fairness Act (Blackburn) - pre-enrollment verification process H.R. 5921, State Age Rating Flexibility Act (Bucshon) - age rating flexibility H.R. 6019, Relief from Obamacare Mandate Act (Young) - exemption from individual mandate H.R. 6049, Protection from Insurance Exchange Monopolies Act (Heck) - exemption from individual mandate H.R. 5926, FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations H. Res. 887, Public Option (DeFazio) S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 2172, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) - rate review S. 2803, Taxpayers Before Insurers Act (Sasse) - ACA reinsurance program S. 3296, Protection from ObamaCare Monopolies Act (McCain) - exemption from individual mandate S. 3297, Relief from Obamacare Mandate Act (Cotton) - exemption from individual mandate S. 3326, State Flexibility to Provide Affordable Health Options Act (Alexander) - ACA subsidies, exemption from individual mandate S. Res. 561, Public Option (Merkley) Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; issues related to supplemental products; issues related to implementation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; issues relating to third party payment of premiums; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 619.
Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Introduced in Senate
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Client expense: $1,330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Public Law 111-48, "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" and Public Law 111-52, "Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010"- monitored implementation of key Medicaid and health insurance market provisions. HR 928, "To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act". S. 2803 "Taxpayers Before Insurers Act" H.R. 5904 "Taxpayers Before Insurers Act" S. 3297 "Relief from ObamaCare Mandate Act of 2016" S.3296 "Protecction from ObamaCare Monopolies Act" S 183 "Jobs and Premium Protection Act"
Client expense: $290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Department of Health & Human Services: Implementation of Health insurance exchanges; Implementation of Qualified Health Plans; Delivery system reform. HR 34 - 21st Century Cures Act: To accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century cures. Upton (R-MI) HR 160 & S 149 - Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices. Paulsen (R-MN) and Hatch (R-UT) HR 248 - American Job Protection Act - repeal the ACA's employer responsibility requirements. Boustany (R-LA) HR 954 - CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from the individual mandate certain individuals who had coverage under a terminated qualified health plan funded through the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program. Smith (R-NE) HR 2028 - Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017: Provides continuing appropriations for most federal agencies through the earlier of April 28, 2017, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations legislation. Simpson (R-ID) HR 2050 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage. Courtney (D-CT) HR 5447 - Small Business Health Care Relief Act of 2016: To provide an exception from certain group health plan requirements for qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangements. Boustany (R-LA) S 123 & HR 221- To repeal the ACA risk corridor program. Rubio (R-FL) & Harris (R-MD) S 157 - To repeal the ACA's Individual mandate, employer responsibility requirements and medical device excise tax. Cassidy (R-LA) S 305 - To repeal the ACA's employer responsibility requirements. Hatch (R-UT) and Alexander (R-TN) S Res 561 - A resolution supporting efforts to increase competition and accountability in the health insurance marketplace, and to extend accessible, quality, affordable health care coverage to every American through the choice of a public insurance plan. Merkley (D-OR) S 2680 - Mental Health Reform Act of 2016: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide comprehensive mental health reform, and for other purposes. Alexander (R-TN) S 3056 - Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2016: To provide for certain causes of action relating to delays of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products. Leahy (D-VT) S 3297 - Relief from Obamacare Mandate Act of 2016: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption to the individual mandate to maintain health coverage for certain individuals whose premium has increased by more than 10 percent, and for other purposes. Cotton (R-AR) S 3326 - State Flexibility to Provide Affordable Health Options Act: To give States the authority to provide temporary access to affordable private health insurance options outside of Obamacare exchanges. Alexander (R-TN)
Client expense: $1,450,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Implement Affordable Care Act. Risk Corridors and reinsurance. Affordable Care Act mandate, S 3297-Relief from Obamacare Mandate Act of 2016. S 3296 (McCain), Protection from ObamaCare Monopolies Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 954, CO-OP Consumer Protection Act (Smith) - exemption from individual mandate H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2205, Data Security Act (Neugebauer) - data security H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3323, Dental and Optometric Care Access Act (Carter) - dental and vision benefits H.R. 3727, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review H.R. 4299, Patient Opportunity Protection Act (Blum) - HIPAA excepted benefits H.R. 5410, Health Coverage State Flexibility Act (Flores) - grace period for recipients of advanced premium tax credits H.R. 5485, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act (Crenshaw) - risk corridors amendment H.R. 5589, Plan Verification and Fairness Act (Blackburn) - pre-enrollment verification process H.R. 5921, State Age Rating Flexibility Act (Bucshon) - age rating flexibility H.R. 6019, Relief from Obamacare Mandate Act (Young) - exemption from individual mandate H.R. 6049, Protection from Insurance Exchange Monopolies Act (Heck) - exemption from individual mandate H.R. 5926, FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations H. Res. 887, Public Option (DeFazio) S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 2172, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) - rate review S. 2803, Taxpayers Before Insurers Act (Sasse) - ACA reinsurance program S. 3296, Protection from ObamaCare Monopolies Act (McCain) - exemption from individual mandate S. 3297, Relief from Obamacare Mandate Act (Cotton) - exemption from individual mandate S. 3326, State Flexibility to Provide Affordable Health Options Act (Alexander) - ACA subsidies, exemption from individual mandate S. Res. 561, Public Option (Merkley) Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; issues related to supplemental products; issues related to implementation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Client expense: $1,710,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Implement Affordable Care Act. Risk Corridors and reinsurance. Exempting Affordable Care Act mandate, S 3297-Relief from Obamacare Mandate Act of 2016. S 3296 (McCain), Protection from ObamaCare Monopolies Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Risk corridors/reinsurance. 21st Century Cures - HR 6, 21st Century Cures Act. Exempting Affordable Care Act mandate, S 3297-Relief from Obamacare Mandate Act of 2016
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Department of Health & Human Services: Implementation of Health insurance exchanges; Implementation of Qualified Health Plans; Delivery system reform. HR 6 - 21st Century Cures Act: To accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century cures. Upton (R-MI) HR 138 - Access to Insurance for All Americans Act: Regarding the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP). Issa (R-CA) HR 160 & S 149 - Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices. Paulsen (R-MN) and Hatch (R-UT) HR 248 - American Job Protection Act - repeal the ACA's employer responsibility requirements. Boustany (R-LA) HR 954 - CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from the individual mandate certain individuals who had coverage under a terminated qualified health plan funded through the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program. Smith (R-NE) HR 2050 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage. Courtney (D-CT) HR 5447 - Small Business Health Care Relief Act of 2016: To provide an exception from certain group health plan requirements for qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangements. Boustany (R-LA) S 123 & HR 221- To repeal the ACA risk corridor program. Rubio (R-FL) & Harris (R-MD) S 157 - To repeal the ACA's Individual mandate, employer responsibility requirements and medical device excise tax. Cassidy (R-LA) S 305 - To repeal the ACA's employer responsibility requirements. Hatch (R-UT) and Alexander (R-TN) S Res 561 - A resolution supporting efforts to increase competition and accountability in the health insurance marketplace, and to extend accessible, quality, affordable health care coverage to every American through the choice of a public insurance plan. Merkley (D-OR) S 2680 - Mental Health Reform Act of 2016: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide comprehensive mental health reform, and for other purposes. Alexander (R-TN) S 3056 - Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2016: To provide for certain causes of action relating to delays of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products. Leahy (D-VT) S 3297 - Relief from Obamacare Mandate Act of 2016: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption to the individual mandate to maintain health coverage for certain individuals whose premium has increased by more than 10 percent, and for other purposes. Cotton (R-AR) S 3326 - State Flexibility to Provide Affordable Health Options Act: To give States the authority to provide temporary access to affordable private health insurance options outside of Obamacare exchanges. Alexander (R-TN)
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| John Barrasso | Republican | WY |
| John Boozman | Republican | AR |
| John McCain | Republican | AZ |
| Johnny Isakson | Republican | GA |
| Kelly Ayotte | Republican | NH |
| Mark Kirk | Republican | IL |
| Patrick J. Toomey | Republican | PA |
| Richard Burr | Republican | NC |
| Rob Portman | Republican | OH |
| Roger F. Wicker | Republican | MS |
| Ron Johnson | Republican | WI |
| Roy Blunt | Republican | MO |
| Thad Cochran | Republican | MS |
| Thom Tillis | Republican | NC |
| Tim Scott | Republican | SC |
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Client expense: $145,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE