3.0.0 4964 2023-01-14T22:48:21Z 2023-01-14T22:48:21Z House H HR 2004-07-22 108 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2004-08-04T18:13:21Z Referred to 2004-07-22T14:09:45Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2004-07-22T18:40:10Z Referred to 2004-07-22T14:09:50Z 2004-08-04 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2004-07-22 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. Committee 2004-07-22 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2004-07-22 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-22 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2004-07-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1475) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000559 Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] JAMES LANGEVIN D RI R. 2 N Health Administrative fees Advice and consent of the Senate Age Armed Forces and National Security Capitation (Medical care) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Coinsurance Commerce Comprehensive health care Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Consumer protection Cost effectiveness Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Economics and Public Finance Excise tax Executive reorganization Families Federal aid to child health services Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Gifts Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Income tax Indian medical care Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Law Managed care Marketing Maternal health services Medicaid Medical economics Medically uninsured Medicare Military medicine Minorities Native Americans Patient satisfaction Payroll deductions Poor children Pregnant women Prescription pricing Presidential appointments Quality of care Reinsurance Social Welfare Social security taxes Subsidies Surveys Tax credits Tax exemption Tax returns Taxation Veterans' medical care Withholding tax Women Health 00 2004-07-22 Introduced in House 2004-09-01T15:23:09Z American Health Benefits Program Act of 2004 - Amends the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to establish an American Health Benefits Program to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage to all Americans (and permanent resident aliens) who are not covered under certain Federal health insurance programs. States that the coverage is provided in a manner similar to the manner in which coverage has been provided to Members of Congress and Federal Government. Allows for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for lower income individuals. Allows for certain tax credits with respect to the amount of premiums paid, and imposes an excise tax on employers to finance this new benefit.

Directs the Comptroller General to provide for certain studies concerned with the integration of this new program with other public health insurance coverage and with the growth of prescription drug costs.

]]> American Health Benefits Program Act of 2004 Display Title American Health Benefits Program Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to assure comprehensive, affordable health insurance coverage for all Americans through an American Health Benefits Program. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced American Health Benefits Program Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4964ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4964ih.xml 2004-08-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.