The President’s Proposal puts American families and small business owners in control of their own health care. | The White House

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The President’s Proposal builds off of the legislation that passed the Senate and improves on it by bridging key differences between the House and the Senate as well as by incorporating Republican provisions that strengthen the proposal.

One key improvement, for example, is eliminating the Nebraska FMAP provision and providing significant additional Federal financing to all States for the expansion of Medicaid. For America’s seniors, the proposal completely closes the Medicare prescription drug “donut hole” coverage gap. It strengthens the Senate bill’s provisions that make insurance affordable for individuals and families, while also strengthening the provisions to fight fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid to save taxpayer dollars. The threshold for the excise tax on the most expensive health plans will be raised from $23,000 for a family plan to $27,500 and will start in 2018 for all such plans. And another important idea included is improving insurance protections for consumers and creating a new Health Insurance Rate Authority to review and rein in unreasonable rate increases and other unfair practices of insurance plans.

* Download the full PDF of the President's key improvements.
* Read the Overview.
* Read the President’s Proposed Policies to Improve Affordability and Accountability.
* Read the President’s Policies to Crack Down on Waste, Fraud and Abuse.
* Read the President’s Policies to Contain Cost and Ensure Fiscal Sustainability.
* Read the President’s Other Proposed Policy Improvements.

Summaries of Key Elements of the President’s Proposal:

* Title I: Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans
* Title II: The Role of Public Programs
* Title III: Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Health Care
* Title IV: Prevention of Chronic Disease and Improving Public Health
* Title V: Health Care Workforce
* Title VI: Transparency and Program Integrity
* Title VII: Improving Access to Innovative Medical Therapies
* Title VIII: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (CLASS Act)
* Title IX: Revenue Provisions
* Title X: Reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act

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