Description:
The bill would Extend funding for public health programs including those that support health centers and health education Extend funding for several programs financed through the Medicare trust funds, change some other aspects of Medicare, and change supplemental coverage for some military retirees Reduce scheduled funding cuts to state allotments to hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of uninsured and Medicaid patients Protect patients from surprise medical billing and reduce payments to some health care providers working in facilities where surprise bills are likely Increase funding for Medicaid in the U.S. territories Impose intergovernmental and private-sector mandates by prohibiting surprise medical billing Estimated budgetary effects would primarily stem from Increased funding for public health programs Changes to Medicare coverage and payment rules Increased Medicaid spending on payments to hospitals and to the U.S. territories Reduced federal subsidies for health care and health insurance Areas of significant uncertainty include Estimating coverage choices for military retirees and trends in prostate cancer testing and treatment Accurately projecting how states would respond to scheduled reductions in funding for hospital payments Accurately anticipating the nature and effects of provider and insurer responses to the bill’s provisions that address surprise bills Estimating what the U.S. territories would spend on Medicaid
