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World’s Greatest Healthcare Plan Act of 2016

S. 2985 · 114th Congress · May 25, 2016 · Lineage

A BILL

To eliminate the individual and employer health coverage mandates under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to expand beyond that Act the choices in obtaining and financing affordable health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; purposes; table of contents

(a)
Short title— This Act may be cited as the “World’s Greatest Healthcare Plan Act of 2016”.
(b)
Purposes— The purposes of this Act are as follows:
(1)
Elimination of individual and employer mandates under ACA— To eliminate mandates on individuals and employers, and other tax requirements, imposed under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
(2)
Providing States with alternative, affordable coverage options— To provide greater flexibility in providing States with options in making affordable health insurance coverage available by eliminating certain mandates under PPACA, while retaining essential consumer protections, by promoting health savings accounts to pay for such coverage and long-term care coverage, while permitting States to continue coverage as provided under PPACA.
(c)
Table of contents— The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Definitions

Except as otherwise provided, in this Act:
(1)
Basic health insurance— The term basic health insurance has the meaning given such term in section 122(a).
(2)
Default health insurance coverage— The term default health insurance coverage has the meaning given such term in section 121(b)(4)(B).
(3)
Exchange— The term Exchange means an Exchange established under title I of PPACA.
(4)
Health insurance coverage; group health plan, etc— The terms defined in section 2791 of the Public Health Service Act, including “health insurance coverage”, “group health plan”“individual market”, shall apply.
(5)
Limited benefit insurance— The term limited benefit insurance has the meaning given such term in section 122(b).
(6)
PPACA— The term PPACA means the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148).
(7)
Secretary— The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(8)
State— The term State includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.