A bill to amend the Social Security Act to establish a Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs.
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.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S84)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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