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AIM Initiatives

AIM has filed several bills with the Legislature to ease the surge in health insurance costs for employers.

An Act Relative to Short-Term Health-Care Cost Containment

Implements immediate cost controls by government resulting in lower health-care costs to Massachusetts employers.  The legislation would:

• eliminate the duplicative Medical Security Trust Fund and merge it with the Health Connector's Commonwealth Care, the state’s primary health insurance program for uninsured adults who meet income and other eligibility requirements;
• impose a moratorium on health insurance benefit mandates;
• change the definition of Minimum Creditable Coverage by allowing deductibles to keep pace with medical inflation;
• change the Fair Share Contribution statue to exempt employees with spousal coverage; and
• repeal section 304 of Chapter 149 of the Acts of 2004, which requires the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to produce a list of employers who have 50 or more employees using public health assistance each year.

An Act Relative to Sustainable Health-Care Cost Containment

Eliminates cost shifting by government purchasers to commercial insurance in two key areas by:

• requiring Medicaid patients to enroll in managed care to better manage and coordinate the care, particularly for those patients with multiple chronic conditions; and
  
• requiring Medicaid to lead payment-reform efforts through a pilot program.

Act Allowing Municipalities Flexibility in Offering Health Insurance to Municipal Employees

Gives municipalities authority similar to that of the state to direct plan design over healthcare insurance.

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