authority in advance of appropriations Acts and represents the obligation of the Secretary to provide payments from the Fund in accordance with this subsection. (2) Amount of payment The payment made to a health insurance issuer under subsection (a) with respect to each high-cost individual enrolled in a qualified health plan issued by the issuer that is not a grandfathered health plan or a transitional health plan shall equal 80 percent of the lesser of— (A) the amount (if any) by which the individual’s claims incurred during the plan year exceeds— (i) in case of the 2018, 2019, or 2020 plan year, $50,000