This bill would prohibit the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) from spending any fees it collects on advertising health insurance exchanges themselves or plans offered on them.
What is House Bill H.R. 182?
Impact
People who would’ve otherwise seen advertisements and visited a health insurance exchange; and HHS.
Cost of House Bill H.R. 182
A CBO cost estimate is unavailable.
More Information
In-Depth: In 2015, HHS budgeted $35 million dollars to run TV ads in English and Spanish across 38 states that used HealthCare.gov rather than their own exchange.
Media:
- Fox News (Context)
- Morning Consult (Context)
- Politico (Context)
Summary by Eric Revell
(Photo Credit: Daniel Rehn via Flickr / Creative Commons)AKA
Stop Obamacare Spam Act of 2017
Official Title
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from using any type of fee collected to advertise or market Exchanges established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
bill Progress
- Not enactedThe President has not signed this bill
- The senate has not voted
- The house has not voted
- house Committees
Committee on Energy and CommerceHealthIntroducedJanuary 3rd, 2017