Sen. Heitkamp Cosponsors Bill to Make Health Care More Affordable for ND Families and Small Businesses
Heitkamp cosponsored the legislation, introduced by Republican
Last year, Heitkamp introduced a bill to delay the tax through 2019. A delay of the tax through 2019 was ultimately included in a government funding bill that was signed into law earlier this year.
"Since day one, I've been fighting to make health care more affordable for North Dakotans, and I've been willing to work with anyone on commonsense reforms that are good for our state to make care more accessible and affordable," Heitkamp said. "After successfully suspending the Health Insurance Tax for North Dakotans through 2019,
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After a series of meetings last year with a group of Republican and Democratic senators led by
* Provide federal funding for two years for health care payments that would help make health care affordable for families, known as cost sharing reduction payments. As a result, many individuals and families would not see their premiums skyrocket by double digits, which would otherwise happen because the president said he will stop making those payments. Earlier this year, Heitkamp helped introduce a bill to bring stability to the insurance marketplace by permanently appropriating the cost-sharing reduction payments, reducing costs for families and ensuring access to care.
* Create a Copper Plan that would provide a new lower cost, high-deductible health insurance option for individuals and families. Heitkamp helped introduce a similar proposal in
* Offer more flexibility for states to be more innovative with how they ensure coverage for families. States would still need to offer comprehensive insurance, cover the same number of individuals, and comply with the essential health benefits in the health reform law.
Over the past five years, Heitkamp has been offering reasonable reforms that should be bipartisan to make the current health reform law work better for
Since 2013, Heitkamp has also met regularly with her health care advisory board - comprised of health care leaders across
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