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1 each year based on the percentage increase in the
2 medical care component of the Consumer Price
3 Index (rounded to the nearest multiple of $1,000)
4 for the year involved.
5 (3) USE OF PAYMENTS.—Amounts paid to a
6 participating employment-based plan under this sub-
7 section shall be used to lower the costs borne di-
8 rectly by the participants and beneficiaries for health
9 benefits provided under such plan in the form of
10 premiums, co-payments, deductibles, co-insurance, or
11 other out-of-pocket costs. Such payments shall not
12 be used to reduce the costs of an employer maintain-
13 ing the participating employment-based plan. The
14 Secretary shall develop a mechanism to monitor the
15 appropriate use of such payments by such plans.
16 (4) APPEALS AND PROGRAM PROTECTIONS.—
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