Expands association health plans, adds drug-benefit reporting, funds ACA cost-sharing aid

§1What it does

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The bill would let employers and self-employed people form associations that offer group health plans across different industries, and would write into law employer-funded accounts that reimburse workers who buy their own individual health insurance.^2,3 It would require pharmacy benefit managers, the companies that run prescription drug benefits for employer health plans, to report drug costs, payments and rebates to those plans at least every six months, with fines of $10,000 a day for failing to report.³ Starting in 2027, it would provide ongoing funding for the Affordable Care Act's cost-sharing reduction payments, which lower out-of-pocket costs for some people in marketplace plans, but the money could not go to plans that cover abortion beyond cases of rape, incest or a threat to the mother's life.³ It would also exclude stop-loss insurance, which self-insured employer plans buy to protect against unusually large claims, from the federal definition of health insurance coverage and override state laws that keep plans from buying such protection.³

§2Status

§3How Congress voted

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