3.0.0 1899 2023-01-11T20:40:59Z 2023-01-11T20:40:59Z Senate S S 2007-07-30 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-30T21:12:12Z 2007-08-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10722) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-07-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10317) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N Health Comprehensive health care Excise tax Finance and Financial Sector Health insurance Insurance premiums Medically uninsured Taxation Health 00 2007-07-30 Introduced in Senate 2007-11-02T15:29:48Z Universal Health Coverage Act of 2007 - Requires each U.S. citizen or national or alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence to have qualified health coverage, unless such individual is opposed for religious reasons to health coverage. Defines "qualified health coverage" to include federal health plans, group health plans, and other appropriate coverage.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop at least three types of low-cost health insurance plans for each state and the District of Columbia that shall be made available, on a guaranteed-issue basis, to all individuals with incomes below 400% of the federal poverty line.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on each individual who is required but fails to have qualified health coverage for any continuous period of more than 60 days a monthly tax in an amount equal to the average monthly premium for qualified health coverage in the state in which the individual resides. Requires amounts collected to be used by the Secretary to cover the cost of a automatically enrolling individuals who pay such tax in health care coverage under one of the three lowest cost qualified health coverage products offered in the state.

]]> Universal Health Coverage Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require every American to have health insurance coverage. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Universal Health Coverage Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Universal Health Coverage Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1899is/xml/BILLS-110s1899is.xml 2007-08-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10722) 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.