Firms with no more than 25 employees and average annual wages of less than $50,000 will get tax credits to offset a portion of the health insurance premiums they pay. The amount depends on the firm’s size and wage level.
Establish a process for reviewing increases in health plan premiums and require plans to justify increases. Require states to report on trends in premium increases and recommend whether certain plan should be excluded from the Exchange based on unjustified premium increases.
Expand Medicare coverage to individuals who have been exposed to environmental health hazards from living in an area subject to an emergency declaration made as of June 17, 2009 and have developed certain health conditions as a result.
Initiate $157 billion in cuts over 10 years to Medicare and Medicaid payments for inpatient hospital, home health, skilled nursing facility, hospice and other Medicare providers, and adjust for productivity.
Ban new physician-owned hospitals in Medicare, requiring hospitals to have a provider agreement in effect by December 31; limit the growth of certain grandfathered physician-owned hospitals.
Creates a state option to cover childless adults though a Medicaid State Plan Amendment.
Creates a state option to provide Medicaid coverage for family planning services to certain low-income individuals through a Medicaid State Plan Amendment up to the highest level of eligibility for pregnant women.
Creates a new option for states to provide CHIP coverage to children of state employees eligible for health benefits if certain conditions are met.
Increase the Medicaid drug rebate percentage for brand name drugs to 23.1% (except the rebate for clotting factors and drugs approved exclusively for pediatric use increases to 17.1%); increase the Medicaid rebate for non-innovator, multiple source drugs to 13% of average manufacturer price; and extend the drug rebate to Medicaid managed care plans.
Require the Secretary of HHS to issue regulations to establish a process for public notice and comment for section 1115 waivers in Medicaid and CHIP.