H.R. 2199In committeeHealth care
Bill targets insurer discrimination against dialysis patients
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This bill would ban private health insurers from offering dialysis patients worse coverage than other members to push them toward Medicare.50-second read · 4 questions answered below
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What does this do?
This bill would make it illegal for private health insurance plans to give dialysis patients fewer or worse benefits than other members. Plans also could not set coverage rules that unfairly hurt dialysis patients, such as paying for dialysis at a much lower rate than other medical care. Private plans could still choose which dialysis providers to include in their networks, as long as they are not otherwise treating dialysis patients unfairly.
Who does it affect?
The people most directly affected are dialysis patients who have private health insurance, whether through an employer or purchased on their own. Private health insurers who cover those patients would also be affected.
Why does it matter?
Without these rules, private insurers could make their dialysis coverage so limited that patients feel they have no real choice but to move to Medicare instead. This bill is a response to concern that such coverage decisions shift the cost of caring for dialysis patients from private insurers to the federal government.
Where does it stand?
- Introduced
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- House vote
- Senate
- President's desk
Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
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Official title
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
- Introduced:
- March 18, 2025
- Latest action:
- March 18, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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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