S.Amdt. 443

SA 443. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill H.R. 1628, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to
title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2017; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. REQUIRING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN ADULTS WITH
HIGH INSURANCE COSTS.

Beginning with the date of enactment of this Act, each
State shall provide medical

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assistance through the State Medicaid program to any
individual residing in the State who is between 50 and 64
years of age and who demonstrates that the least expensive
private health insurance coverage available to such
individual would require the individual to pay premiums that
would exceed 9.5 percent of such individual's income.
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