Build Back Better Act: health coverage provisions explained
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Park, Edwin, author Corlette, Sabrina, author Dwyer, Anne, author Clark, Maggie, author
- Contributor(s):
- Georgetown University. Center for Children and Families, issuing body. Georgetown University. Health Policy Institute. Center on Health Insurance Reforms, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, November 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Insurance Coverage Insurance, Health Maternal-Child Health Services Medicaid United States State Children's Health Insurance Program (U.S.)
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- On November 19, 2021, the House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act, the budget reconciliation bill, with the Senate expected to consider the legislation in coming weeks. The Build Back Better Act includes numerous provisions that would dramatically strengthen and expand both public and private health insurance coverage. Some of the new provisions would build on actions Congress previously took in the American Rescue Plan Act, enacted earlier this year. Among its Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provisions, the Build Back Better Act would permanently require states to provide 12 months of postpartum health coverage and 12 months of continuous coverage for children, make federal funding for CHIP permanent, and provide a permanent, significant increase in federal Medicaid funding for Puerto Rico and the other territories. Among its private insurance provisions, the Build Back Better plan would temporarily extend marketplace subsidies to those in the “coverage gap” in the 12 states that have not yet expanded Medicaid and also extend the availability of the enhanced marketplace subsidies enacted in the American Rescue Plan Act. This issue brief explains the Build Back Better Act’s Medicaid, CHIP and private insurance provisions.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (20 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918383970206676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918383970206676