Federal Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act Of 2017

In this federal legislation introduced on October 19, 2017, a bipartisan group of 24 senators (12 Republicans and 12 Democrats) led by Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R- Tennessee) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D- Washington) proposed extending cost sharing reduction (CSR) payments to insurers during 2018 and 2019. On October 12, 2017, the federal Department of Health and Human Services had stated it would end the CSR payments immediately because the Attorney General had determined that the payments were unconstitutional because they were never formally authorized by Congress. The CSR payments were paid to health insurers offering silver . . .