  Shown Here: Introduced in House (10/07/2009)  Assuring
Coverage for Americans with Pre-existing Conditions Act of 2009
- Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to
provide to each state an amount equal to 50% of the state's
expenditures to provide for the use of a high-risk pool,
reinsurance pool, or other risk-adjustment mechanism to
subsidize the purchase of private health insurance for the high-
risk population (not to exceed 50 cents multiplied by the
average number of state residents in a fiscal year).