Good for the Gander Act of 2017

Good for the Gander Act of 2017

This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify health insurance plan options for Members of Congress elected from a state that receives a federal waiver of limits on premium variation by age under the American Health Care Act of 2017, if that bill is enacted. Such Members shall not be eligible for government health plans and shall be eligible only for health insurance coverage with the highest age band premium in the individual market of that state.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2986 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2986

  To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to restrict 
   Members of Congress who represent a State with a premium age band 
waiver, approved under the amendments made by the American Health Care 
   Act of 2017, to the highest age band premium for health insurance 
              coverage that is available under the waiver.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2017

  Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to restrict 
   Members of Congress who represent a State with a premium age band 
waiver, approved under the amendments made by the American Health Care 
   Act of 2017, to the highest age band premium for health insurance 
              coverage that is available under the waiver.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Good for the Gander Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTING ACCESS OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, WHO 
              REPRESENT A STATE WITH AN AHCA APPROVED PREMIUM AGE BAND 
              WAIVER TO THE HIGHEST AGE BAND PREMIUM FOR HEALTH 
              INSURANCE COVERAGE AVAILABLE UNDER THE WAIVER.

    Section 1312(d)(3) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D)(i), by inserting ``except as 
        provided in subparagraph (E),'' after ``Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Limiting coverage of members of congress 
                representing states with an ahca age band waiver.--In 
                the case of a State that has a waiver approved and in 
                effect under section 2701(b) of the Public Health 
                Service Act, as added by section 136(a) of the American 
                Health Care Act of 2017, for the purpose described in 
                paragraph (1)(A) of such section 2701(b) (relating to a 
                selection of a larger age band for premiums), a Member 
                of Congress who represents such State (or a district in 
                the State)--
                            ``(i) is not eligible, with respect to the 
                        Member's services as a Member of Congress, to 
                        receive coverage under any health benefits plan 
                        under chapter 89 of title 5, United States 
                        Code, and is not eligible for any Government 
                        contribution under such chapter with respect to 
                        any health benefits plan (including health 
                        insurance coverage described in clause (ii)); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) is eligible to enroll in health 
                        insurance coverage in the individual market in 
                        the State under this Act and under such waiver, 
                        but only in such coverage (offered in the area 
                        in which the Member resides) with the highest 
                        age band premium for the coverage selected in 
                        such area at the time of enrollment (or 
                        reenrollment).''.
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