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EXPLANATION: Out-Out of American Health Care Act
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL
PROVISIONS, page 495, after line 30, by adding an appropriately
numbered paragraph to read:
/ (GP: Opt Out of American Health Care Act)
For the current fiscal year, the State of South Carolina
shall opt out of any provisions of the American Health Care Act
as permitted by federal law. These provisions include but are
not limited to:
(1) the
reduction of any increased rates or adjustments to eligibility
thresholds as a result of provisions in the federal Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA);
(2)
the elimination of any requirement that prevents
insurers from charging older people premiums that are more than
three times larger than the premiums charged to younger peoople
in the nongroup and small-group markets;
(3) the removal
of any requirement that plans in the nongroup and small-group
markets must offer plans that cover at least 60 percent of the
cost of covered benefits; and
(4) Any amendments that eliminate
coverage for exisiting medicaid beneficiaries or individuals
currently covered by insurance plans made available through the
PPACA./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.