3.0.0 2630 2021-09-29T22:23:55Z 2023-01-13T16:29:04Z Senate S S 2004-07-08 108 Universal Access to Affordable Insurance for all Americans Act of 2004 108 2161 S 2004-03-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2004-07-09 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 622. Calendars 2004-07-08 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2004-07-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N Health Congress Congressional reporting requirements Employee health benefits Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Health insurance Health planning Income tax Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Medical economics National health insurance Tax credits Tax refunds Taxation Health 00 2004-07-08 Introduced in Senate 2004-07-21T19:02:06Z Universal Access to Affordable Health Insurance for all Americans Act of 2004 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management to: (1) administer a health insurance program for non-Federal employees; and (2) enter into contracts with carriers to make health benefits plans available to eligible individuals. Allows the Office to require carriers to offer such a plan to be eligible to enter into a contract for a Federal Employees Health Benefit (FEHB) plan.

Prohibits individuals from joining the plan that are: (1) 65 years of age or older; (2) eligible to enroll for coverage under a public health insurance program; (3) eligible to enroll in a FEHB plan; or (4) members of the uniformed services.

Allows rates charged and premiums paid for such a plan to differ among geographic regions.

Prohibits any Government contribution to such plans.

Requires the Office to keep individuals under such plans in a separate risk pool from individuals covered under a FEHB plan.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for refundable credits for payments made to such plans. Provides for full credit for those below the poverty line, and gradually decreasing credit based on individual income. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make advance payments to such a plan on behalf of an enrollee equal to the Secretary's estimate of the amount of credit allowable for the enrollee.

]]> Universal Access to Affordable Insurance for all Americans Act of 2004 Short Titles as Introduced Universal Access to Affordable Insurance for all Americans Act of 2004 Display Title Universal Access to Affordable Insurance for all Americans Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 5, United States Code to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employee, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2004-07-09T04:00:00Z 2004-07-09 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 622. 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.