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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 23, 2005
MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2005 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (Medikids Program) to provide for health insurance coverage for all children born after December 31, 2006, in a program modeled after Medicare that also includes prescription drugs and reduced cost-sharing for low-income children.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, during September of each year, to establish a monthly Medikids premium for the following year.
Establishes in the Treasury the Medikids Trust Fund to contain the Medikids premiums collected under the Internal Revenue Code.
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Amends title XVIII to increase Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) membership to 19.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a Medikids premium for the taxable year on a taxpayer with a dependent enrolled in the MediKids program, with exceptions for very low-income taxpaters.
Provides that in the case of a taxpayer who has a MediKid at any time during the taxable year, there shall be allowed as a refundable credit against income taxes an amount equal to the excess of: (1) the amount paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year as cost-sharing; over (2) 5% of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to propose a gradual schedule of progressive tax changes to fund the MediKids program as the number of enrollees grows in the out-years.
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Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D–WV
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8379)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7308-7312)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7308)
Introduced in Senate
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