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This bill, titled the Medicaid Saves Lives Act, has several key provisions: 1. It requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program that offers health benefits coverage to low-income adults in states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. This coverage must meet minimum essential health benefits requirements and have limited premiums and cost-sharing. 2. The bill specifies that Medicaid requirements applicable to states that have expanded Medicaid will also apply to the new federal program, except where they conflict with the coverage requirements outlined in the bill. 3. The bill provides permanent, 10-percentage point increases in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for states that begin to provide Medicaid coverage to the expansion population, rather than the temporary 5-percentage point increase currently in place. The goal of this legislation is to extend affordable health coverage to low-income adults in states that have not expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, while also providing financial incentives for those states to expand Medicaid going forward.

Health and Social Services

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2315/all-info