US Congress House Bill 676 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 78-0)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act - Establishes the Medicare for All 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, dietary and nutritional therapies, 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 Medicare for All 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 modest and progressive excise tax on payroll and self-employment income; (4) instituting a modest tax on unearned income; and (5) 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 Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP). Requires the Medicare for All Program to give first priority in retraining and job placement and 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 & Improved Medicare For All Act

Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Hansen Clarke [D-MI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	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. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]	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. Janice Hahn [D-CA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [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. 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. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	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. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-02-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
2011-02-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-02-11	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2011-02-11	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-02-11	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-02-11	House	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/112th-congress/house-bill/676/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr676/BILLS-112hr676ih.pdf