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S. 79

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Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2009
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Committee
Latest Action · January 6, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Congress
111th (2009–2011)
Introduced
January 6, 2009
Cosponsors (0)
None
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Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2009 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs). Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services an Office of Federal Reinsurance, which shall in turn establish a Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs to make reinsurance payments to eligible health plans experiencing catastrophic health care costs during a year with respect to a covered individual. Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Reinsurance for Catastrophic Health Care Costs Trust Fund.

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