3.1: Affordable Insurance
Create new, affordable health insurance options Other Information:
How We Will Accomplish Our Objective - Support legislative changes4 that remove excessive restrictions on Medical Savings
Accounts and make them permanent. - Promote the creation of purchasing groups and state high-risk insurance pools through
grants and technical assistance to states. - Support adoption of income-based tax credits toward the purchase of health insurance
for Americans without employer-subsidized insurance. - Support adoption of temporary health credits for workers who have lost
their jobs. - Support medical malpractice litigation reform to reduce the need to practice defensive medicine, and thus restrain
health care costs. - Assist other federal departments in the implementation of the Health Coverage Tax Credit under the Trade
Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, including helping interpret and determining the applicability of “qualified” health
coverage under the Act. - Conduct research to understand changes in the health insurance market and the impact of changes
on access to care.
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