Extend funding for public health programs including those that support health centers and health education
Extend funding for several programs financed through the Medicare trust funds, change some other aspects of Medicare, and change supplemental coverage for some military retirees
Reduce scheduled funding cuts to state allotments to hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of uninsured and Medicaid patients
Protect patients from surprise medical billing and reduce payments to some health care providers working in facilities where surprise bills are likely
Increase funding for Medicaid in the U.S. territories
Impose intergovernmental and private-sector mandates by prohibiting surprise medical billing
Estimated budgetary effects would primarily stem from
Increased funding for public health programs
Changes to Medicare coverage and payment rules
Increased Medicaid spending on payments to hospitals and to the U.S. territories
Reduced federal subsidies for health care and health insurance
Areas of significant uncertainty include
Estimating coverage choices for military retirees and trends in prostate cancer testing and treatment
Accurately projecting how states would respond to scheduled reductions in funding for hospital payments
Accurately anticipating the nature and effects of provider and insurer responses to the bill’s provisions that address surprise bills
Estimating what the U.S. territories would spend on Medicaid
