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Introduced Session

A bill to establish a State public option through Medicaid to provide Americans with the choice of a high-quality, low-cost health insurance plan. This bill allows residents who are not already eligible for Medicaid and not concurrently enrolled in other health insurance coverage to buy into a state Medicaid plan beginning January 1, 2020, at the option of the state. State Medicaid programs may set premiums and cost-sharing requirements for such coverage in accordance with specified limitations. The bill also (1) provides the enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place; and (2) requires state Medicaid programs to cover comprehensive reproductive health care services, including abortion services.

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Brian Schatz (D)*,  Tammy Baldwin (D),  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Cory Booker (D),  Sherrod Brown (D),  Catherine Cortez Masto (D),  Dick Durbin (D),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D),  Kamala Harris (D),  Martin Heinrich (D),  Mazie Hirono (D),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  Patrick Leahy (D),  Ed Markey (D),  Jeff Merkley (D),  Chris Murphy (D),  Jack Reed (D),  Jacky Rosen (D),  Jeanne Shaheen (D),  Tina Smith (D),  Tom Udall (D),  Elizabeth Warren (D),  Sheldon Whitehouse (D), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (on 02/14/2019)

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