U.S. Senate Finance Committee Coverage Options Paper

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Jun 19th, 2009

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Coverage Options Paper
 
The Senate Finance Committee recently released its description of policy options on health coverage, Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans.Key components of these proposals include: 
 
  
  • Building on successful public programs like Medicaid and CHIP, including increased eligibility for such coverage; 
  • Strengthening public programs by simplifying enrollment, increasing provider reimbursement rates, enhancing quality of care provisions, and improving preventive screenings and treatments for more children;
  • Reforming the insurance market (including adequate benefits, premium limits and a cap on out-of-pocket expenses) and creating a health insurance exchange with a public health insurance option to make it easier for individuals to get health insurance.

Click here for a Powerpoint presentation prepared by Senate staff that provides an overview of the paper

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