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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GRAYSON:H.R. 3737.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3:``The Congress shall have Power * * *To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among theseveral States, and with the Indian Tribes.[Page H8110]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Public Option Act or Medicare You Can Buy Into Act - Amends part A of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize an option for any citizen or permanent resident of the United States to buy into Medicare.</p> <p>Declares that such coverage satisfies the requirements of: (1) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that an individual maintain minimum essential coverage (individual mandate), and (2) the Internal Revenue Code for premium assistance eligibility with respect to a qualified health plan offered in the individual market in the health care exchange where the individual resides.</p>]]></text>
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