AMERICA'S AFFORDABLE HEALTH CHOICES ACT

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 3200), H8099 [14JY]

Letters

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures: Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi, S10006 [1OC], E2473, E2474 [8OC]

Petitions and memorials

Rosenberg-Richmond, TX, Area Chamber of Commerce: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H8949 [28JY]

Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce, Inc.: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H8683 [23JY]

Remarks in House

Budget: deficit, H8579, H8580 [22JY]

Congress: evaluation of economic policies, H9413 [10SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: allow waiver of tax penalties for failure to disclose reportable transactions, H9319, H9321 [8SE]

Enact (H.R. 3200), H8030, H8031, H8032, H8033, H8034, H8050, H8065, H8069, H8071-H8092 [14JY], H8103, H8104, H8105, H8106, H8160, H8162, H8163, H8170-H8183 [15JY], H8187, H8188, H8189, H8190, H8191, H8270, H8273-H8287, H8294, H8298 [16JY], H8305, H8306, H8307, H8310, H8313, H8343, H8345, H8348-H8353 [17JY], H8395-H8403, H8407, H8408 [20JY], H8411, H8412, H8416, H8418, H8419, H8420, H8421, H8422, H8423, H8424, H8425, H8426, H8427, H8428, H8429, H8430, H8431, H8432, H8433, H8436, H8437, H8438, H8439, H8440, H8441, H8442, H8443, H8444, H8454, H8469, H8474, H8475, H8486, H8488-H8493 [21JY], H8498, H8499, H8500, H8501, H8558-H8583 [22JY], H8588, H8589, H8590, H8591, H8682, H8683, H8684, H8686, H8689, H8692-H8705 [23JY], H8711, H8712, H8713, H8753, H8794, H8796, H8798, H8803 [24JY], H8811, H8813, H8849-H8852, H8854-H8869 [27JY], H8877, H8879, H8880, H8881, H8882, H8883, H8884, H8885, H8886, H8887, H8888, H8889, H8890, H8891, H8892, H8893, H8894, H8895, H8896, H8897, H8898, H8899, H8900, H8901, H8902, H8903, H8904, H8905, H8906, H8907, H8908, H8909, H8910, H8911, H8948, H8951-H8957 [28JY], H8964, H8965, H8966, H8967, H9041-H9049 [29JY], H9059, H9060, H9061, H9062, H9166, H9167, H9173-H9190, H9199-H9203 [30JY], H9209, H9210, H9211, H9247, H9252-H9256, H9261, H9264-H9272 [31JY], H9286, H9287, H9303, H9304, H9308, H9311, H9319-H9332 [8SE], H9345, H9346, H9347, H9348, H9349, H9350 [9SE], H9399, H9400, H9401, H9406, H9407, H9411-H9415, H9416, H9422-H9439 [10SE], H9446, H9447, H9465, H9469, H9470, H9481-H9485 [14SE], H9493-H9496, H9497, H9498, H9499, H9500, H9501, H9530-H9534, H9542-H9546 [15SE], H9555, H9556, H9557, H9638-H9646, H9652 [16SE], H9674, H9675, H9702, H9706, H9708-H9726 [17SE], H9742, H9780-H9784, H9786, H9790-H9794, H9796-H9802 [22SE], H9809, H9810, H9811, H9812, H9873, H9875-H9890 [23SE], H9902, H9903, H9910, H9911, H9919-H9924, H9953-H9960 [24SE], H9963, H9964, H9979 [25SE], H10001, H10044, H10046 [29SE], H10075, H10076, H10077, H10123, H10124, H10127, H10130-H10137, H10139-H10147, H10149, H10150, H10402-H10406 [30SE], H10412, H10436, H10437, H10438, H10440-H10452 [1OC], H10461, H10464, H10465, H10491, H10492, H10494-H10500 [6OC], H10523, H10524, H10526, H10527, H11080, H11082, H11083, H11085-H11092 [7OC], H11114, H11115, H11143, H11144, H11145, H11148, H11150-H11156, H11161-H11163 [8OC], H11175, H11268, H11269, H11272-H11279, H11281, H11285-H11296 [13OC], H11302, H11303, H11304, H11362-H11381 [14OC], H11386, H11387, H11388, H11389, H11434, H11437-H11449 [15OC], H11465, H11466, H11483, H11484, H11496-H11500 [20OC], H11520, H11521, H11522, H11523, H11557, H11558, H11561-H11579 [21OC], H11583, H11585, H11586, H11685-H11705 [22OC], H11715, H11716, H11717, H11726, H11728, H11729, H11734 [23OC], H11742, H11763, H11764, H11768, H11769, H11777-H11788 [26OC], H11794, H11795, H11796, H11797, H11798, H11799, H11800, H11801, H11802, H11803, H11804, H11805, H11806, H11807, H11808, H11809, H11810, H11811, H11812, H11813, H11814, H11815, H11816, H11817, H11818, H11819, H11820, H11821, H11822, H11823, H11833, H11836-H11866 [27OC], H11983, H11984, H11985, H11986, H12012, H12013-H12016, H12018-H12034 [28OC], E1862 [21JY], E1971 [24JY], E2039 [28JY], E2130, E2151, E2155, E2176 [31JY], E2225 [9SE], E2466, E2468, E2471, E2473, E2476, E2478, E2481 [8OC], E2641 [27OC], E2650 [28OC]

Health: emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens funding, H8306 [17JY], H9412 [10SE]

———establish health savings accounts for all citizens, H11577 [21OC]

———impact of increased medical device taxes or fees on research and development, competition, and viability of domestic orthopedic industry, H11809 [27OC]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system, H8065 [14JY]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to patients with life-threatening conditions, H9261 [31JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures impact on job creation, H8576, H8577, H8581 [22JY], H8886 [28JY]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, H8104 [15JY], H8281-H8287 [16JY], H8571, H8572 [22JY], H8590, H8701 [23JY]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, H8907 [28JY], H11293, H11294 [13OC], H11377 [14OC], H11565-H11567 [21OC], H11779, H11780, H11782 [26OC], E2151 [31JY]

———require immigrants applying for Federal health care benefits to present documentation proving citizenship and identity, H9185 [30JY], H9881, H9883, H9884, H9889 [23SE]

———restore reliability to the medical justice system by fostering alternatives to medical tort litigation, H8885 [28JY]

———urge Members of Congress favoring a public, federally-run health insurance option to forgo participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and agree to enroll in such option, H8440 [21JY]

Health care facilities: prohibit physician ownership in new hospitals and limit the growth of existing physician-owned hospitals, H8559 [22JY]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H11821 [27OC]

———legislative process, H9328 [8SE]

Independent Medicare Advisory Council: establish, H9252 [31JY]

Insurance: establish that insurance documents issued to the public must be written clearly, H8491 [21JY]

———require public eligibility to be confirmed under Income Eligibility Verification System, H11366 [14OC]

Medicaid: increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs, H11379 [14OC]

Medicare: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H11575 [21OC], H12021, H12022 [28OC]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule, H8492 [21JY]

———eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, H11293 [13OC]

———funding, H11697-H11699 [22OC]

———home health services funding, H11715 [23OC], E2225 [9SE]

———improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers, H8033 [14JY], H8438, H8490, H8492 [21JY], E2155 [31JY]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, H8431 [21JY], H11522 [21OC], H11821, H11822 [27OC]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce, H11574, H11575 [21OC]

———preventative services insurance coverage, H11699 [22OC]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, H8105 [15JY], H8877, H8906 [28JY], H10524 [7OC], E2039 [28JY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals, H8850 [27JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H9500 [15SE], H9720-H9722 [17SE], H9947 [24SE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit Federal family planning funding, H10146, H10147 [30SE]

Republican Party: allegations of censorship relative to block of Republican mailing on H.R. 3200, provisions, H8682, H8683, H8684, H8686 [23JY], H8854-H8859 [27JY], H8888, H8909 [28JY]

Small business: health insurance premium rates, H11522 [21OC], H11809, H11810 [27OC], H12012 [28OC], H13127-H13129 [18NO]

———impact, H9499 [15SE]

———provide quality, affordable health insurance for small employers and individuals, H10494, H10497 [6OC]

Syniverse Technologies, Inc.: tribute to health clinic and wellness initiative, H8881 [28JY]

Taxation: provide credits to small businesses and their employees for health insurance coverage, H8306 [17JY]

———rates, H8066 [14JY], H8895 [28JY], H10412 [1OC]

Territories: eligibility of residents for health care affordability credits, H9446 [14SE]

Unemployment: rates, H8163 [15JY], H8191 [16JY], H8429 [21JY]

Remarks in Senate

Enact (H.R. 3200), S7575-S7577 [15JY]

Small business: health insurance premium rates, S11444-S11451 [18NO]

Taxation: rates, S7575-S7577 [15JY]

Reports filed

Provisions: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 3200) (H. Rept. 111-299), H11383 [14OC]

———Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3200) (H. Rept. 111-299), H11383 [14OC]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3200) (H. Rept. 111-299), H11383 [14OC]

Statements

Provisions: Several Physicians, Nurses, and Community Activists, E2072 [29JY]

Testimonies

Medicare Reimbursement Formula Improvement: Erin Murphy, E2156 [31JY]

———Maria Rudd, E2157 [31JY]

———Shane Davis, E2157 [31JY]

———Thomas Huntley, E2156 [31JY]