US Congress House Bill 676 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 90-0)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-01-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act - Establishes the United States National Health Care (USNHC) Program to provide all individuals residing in the United States and U.S. territories with free health care that includes all medically necessary care, such as primary care and prevention, prescription drugs, emergency care, long-term care, mental health services, dental services, and vision care.Prohibits an institution from participating unless it is a public or nonprofit institution. Allows nonprofit health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that deliver care in their own facilities to participate. Gives patients the freedom to choose from participating physicians and institutions. Prohibits a private health insurer from selling health insurance coverage that duplicates the benefits provided under this Act. Allows such insurers to sell benefits that are not medically necessary, such as cosmetic surgery benefits. Sets forth methods to pay institutional providers of care and health professionals for services. Prohibits financial incentives between HMOs and physicians based on utilization. Establishes the USNHC Trust Fund to finance the Program with amounts deposited: (1) from existing sources of government revenues for health care; (2) by increasing personal income taxes on the top 5% income earners; (3) by instituting a progressive excise tax on payroll and self-employment income; and (4) by instituting a small tax on stock and bond transactions. Transfers and appropriates to carry out this Act amounts that would have been appropriated for federal public health care programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Requires the USNHC Program to give first priority in retraining and job placement and USNHC employment transition benefits to individuals whose jobs are eliminated due to reduced administration. Requires creation of a confidential electronic patient record system. Establishes a National Board of Universal Quality and Access to provide advice on quality, access, and affordability. Provides for: (1) the eventual integration of the Indian Health Service into the Program; and (2) evaluation of the continued independence of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health programs.

Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act

Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]
Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. Norman Dicks [D-WA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. John Murtha [D-PA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-01-27		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-01-26		Referred to House Natural Resources
2009-01-26		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-01-26		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-01-26		Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/676/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr676/BILLS-111hr676ih.pdf