Representative Price Sponsors Amendment to Budget Bill to Prevent Implementation of MLR Provisions

Georgia Representative Tom Price, M.D., proposed an amendment to H.R. 1, a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through the remainder of the fiscal year, that would prevent the implementation and enforcement of the medical loss ratio (MLR) requirements in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The Price Amendment, Amendment 409, is scheduled for 10 minutes of debate today.

Rep. Mike Burgess (R-TX) has sponsored an amendment to de-fund the Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight that oversee the Medical Loss Ratio rules. This amendment is expected to be debated today as well.

The House has already voted on several additional amendments that attempt to de-fund implementation efforts. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT) introduced Amendment 575 to cut off funds to federal workers, officials, contractors to implement the law. That amendment passed 239-187. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) introduced Amendment 267, prohibiting the funding of any implementation of the law, which passed on a 241-187 vote. A second amendment by Rep. King, Amendment 268, prohibiting the funding of any salary of any official to implement the law passed on a 237-191 vote. Amendment 83, sponsored by Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) to prohibit the IRS from enforcing the individual mandate passed in a 246-182 vote.

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