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This bill, the Bridge to Medicaid Act of 2024, aims to ensure affordable health insurance coverage for low-income individuals in states that have not expanded Medicaid. The key provisions include: 1. Reducing cost-sharing under qualified health plans for individuals with household incomes up to 400% of the federal poverty line in 2026-2028, and treating individuals with incomes up to 138% of the poverty line as having 100% of the poverty line for cost-sharing purposes in 2025. 2. Establishing special enrollment periods from 2026-2028 for individuals with household incomes up to 138% of the poverty line who are not eligible for other minimum essential coverage. 3. Providing additional benefits, like non-emergency medical transportation and certain preventive services, for silver-level qualified health plan enrollees with incomes up to 138% of the poverty line in 2026-2027. 4. Increasing outreach and education activities to inform individuals in non-expansion states about qualified health plan coverage and financial assistance. 5. Temporarily expanding the health insurance premium tax credit to individuals with incomes up to 138% of the poverty line from 2026-2028, and limiting recapture of excess premium credits for low-income taxpayers.

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