AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICA ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 3962), H12198 [2NO], H12921, H12927 [7NO]

Analyses

Prohibit Federal Funding of Abortions Under Any National Health Care Plan: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, S12673 [8DE]

Provisions (H.R. 3962): 18th Congressional District of Texas Benefits, H12855 [7NO]

Articles and editorials

Bredesen Faces Painful Choices as TN Begins Budget Triage, S11399 [17NO]

Half Done on Health Reform, H12985 [16NO]

Report—Bill Would Reduce Senior Care, S11398 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 3962), H12140 [29OC]

Enact (H.R. 3962): consideration (see H. Res. 903), H12586 [6NO]

Bulletins

Tell Congress—Remove Abortion Funding & Mandates From Needed Health Care Reform: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H12437 [5NO]

Letters

Health care choices for veterans: Raymond C. Kelley, AMVETS, H12556 [6NO]

———Thomas Zampieri, Blinded Veterans Association, H12557 [6NO]

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures: Representative Burgess, H12123 [29OC]

Provisions: Chris Benge, Oklahoma State House of Representatives, H12610 [7NO]

———Glenn Coffee, Oklahoma State Senate, H12609 [7NO]

———Representative Cole, H12609, H12610 [7NO]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, H12871 [7NO]

———Thomas A. Barthold, Committee on Taxation (Joint), H12619, H12864 [7NO]

Require that text, amendments, conference report, and CBO scoring of health care reform legislation be available on the Internet for a certain period as the legislation proceeds: several Senators, S11513 [18NO]

State Children's Health Insurance Program under Affordable Health Care for America Act: several Representatives, H12879 [7NO]

Lists

CBO staff who worked on analyzing H.R. 3962, provisions, H12855 [7NO]

Deaths of individuals attributed to not seeking treatment due to a lack of health insurance identified by congressional districts, H12351-H12353 [4NO]

Groups opposing H.R. 3962, provisions, H12617 [7NO]

Tax increases included in H.R. 3962, provisions, H12618 [7NO]

Texas congressional districts with the highest percentage of uninsured constituents, H12855 [7NO]

Memorandums

Provisions: Thomas A. Barthold, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S11140 [5NO]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 3962), H12963 [7NO]

Press releases

Health Care Reform Is About Saving Lives, Not Destroying Them: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H12437 [5NO]

Provisions: Representative Wolf, H12845 [7NO]

Remarks in House

Advisory Committee on Health Workforce Evaluation and Assessment: monitor adequacy of health care workforce and report workforce shortages, H14861 [14DE]

Appropriations: revised allocation of spending authority to certain committees of the House, H12970 [7NO]

Brain Injury Association of America: guidelines for the assessment and health care needs of individuals with brain injuries, H12896 [7NO]

Budget: deficit, H12273 [3NO], H13133 [18NO]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: release of report on impact of Affordable Health Care for America Act, H13010 [17NO]

Congress: tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 3962, provisions, H12855, H12969 [7NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish the School-Based Health Clinic Program, H13012 [17NO]

Economy: Federal Government control versus free enterprise, H13126 [18NO]

Enact (H.R. 3962), H12047, H12048, H12049, H12050, H12118-H12121, H12122, H12123, H12126, H12132-H12138 [29OC], H12143, H12145, H12175, H12176, H12180, H12181, H12182-H12195 [2NO], H12199, H12206, H12207, H12208, H12209, H12210, H12211, H12212, H12213, H12214, H12215, H12216, H12217, H12218, H12219, H12220, H12221, H12222, H12223, H12224, H12225, H12226, H12227, H12228, H12229, H12230, H12231, H12232, H12258-H12266, H12272-H12285 [3NO], H12291, H12292, H12293, H12296-H12299, H12306, H12312, H12314, H12337, H12338, H12339, H12341-H12361 [4NO], H12367, H12368, H12369, H12370, H12389, H12429-H12453 [5NO], H12459, H12460, H12461, H12463-H12465, H12467, H12468, H12475, H12485, H12537-H12540, H12542, H12543, H12549, H12550, H12551, H12552, H12553, H12554-H12582 [6NO], H12591, H12592, H12593, H12594, H12623-H12968 [7NO], H12982, H12983, H12984, H12989 [16NO], H13007, H13009, H13010, H13011, H13012, H13013, H13038-H13056 [17NO], H13073, H13119, H13126-H13133, H13262-H13264 [18NO], H13270, H13271, H13276, H13303-H13307, H13329-H13331, H13334 [19NO], H13358 [1DE], H13390, H13454-H13457 [2DE], H13511, H13513-H13516 [3DE], H13523, H13524 [7DE], H13552, H13583, H13584 [8DE], H14376, H14377, H14378, H14379 [9DE], H14449 [10DE], H14814-H14820 [11DE], H14847, H14851, H14857, H14861, H14862, H14867-H14874 [14DE], H14883, H14884, H14885, H14886, H14911, H14913, H14915, H14916, H14955, H14959, H14967, H14970 [15DE], H15480, H15486, H15487 [16DE], E2659 [29OC], E2698 [3NO], E2719 [4NO], E2729, E2731 [5NO], E2733 [6NO], E2755, E2756 [9NO], E2759, E2762, E2766, E2770, E2772, E2775 [16NO], E2779 [17NO], E2812, E2823, E2830, E2836 [19NO], E2858 [1DE], E2868 [2DE], E2922, E2925, E2932 [10DE]

———consideration (H. Res. 903), H12598-H12622 [7NO]

———corrections in engrossment, H12969 [7NO]

———motion to recommit, H12966, H12967 [7NO]

Health: allow competition in the biosimilar and interchangeable biological products industry, H12888, H12890, H12891, H12896, H12897, H12899, H12914, H12915 [7NO], E2755 [9NO]

———deaths of individuals attributed to not seeking treatment due to a lack of health insurance, H12350-H12355 [4NO], H13119 [18NO]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers, H12889 [7NO]

———establish health savings accounts for all citizens, H13038-H13042 [17NO]

———expand use of health savings accounts, H13052 [17NO]

———impact of health care reform on long-term jobs strategy, H14449 [10DE]

———impact of increased medical device taxes or fees on research and development, competition, and viability of domestic orthopedic industry, H12216, H12262, H12263 [3NO], H12314 [4NO]

———impact of prescription drug discounts on the biopharmaceutical industry, H12896 [7NO]

———impose criminal penalties for failure to purchase health insurance, H12860, H12891 [7NO]

———include treatment for alcoholism, drug addiction, depression, and mental illness in health care reform legislation, H12049 [29OC]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, H12221, H12222, H12229, H12231 [3NO], H12338 [4NO], H12434-H12441 [5NO], H12551, H12562 [6NO], H12594, H12618, H12838, H12839, H12844, H12849, H12857, H12858, H12881, H12884, H12916, H12921-H12927 [7NO], H14376, H14377, H14378, H14379 [9DE], H14874 [14DE], E2733 [6NO], E2770, E2775 [16NO], E2779 [17NO], E2823 [19NO], E2922, E2925, E2932 [10DE]

———protect rights of patients and health care providers relative to provision of health care without violating their religious beliefs or moral convictions, H12224 [3NO]

———provide health insurance education and outreach, in coordination with the SBA, to hard-to-reach communities, H12844 [7NO]

———provide medical debt counseling, H12892 [7NO]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, H12260, H12265, H12285 [3NO], H12337 [4NO], H12369, H12446 [5NO], H12606, H12620, H12841, H12856, H12882, H12888, H12956 [7NO], H13048, H13050, H13056 [17NO]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform and apply savings to establish a Seniors Protection and Medicare Regional Payment Equity Fund, H12966, H12967 [7NO]

———require maternity care coverage in all individual and employer insurance programs, H12847 [7NO]

———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, H12222 [3NO], H12368 [5NO]

Health care facilities: support physician-owned hospitals, H12853 [7NO]

Health care professionals: home health care service funding, H12122 [29OC]

House of Representatives: legislative process, H12119-H12121, H12133 [29OC]

House Rules: require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House, H12120, H12121 [29OC]

Immigration: prevent illegal immigrants from receiving public health benefits, H12227 [3NO], H12563 [6NO], H13263 [18NO], E2731 [5NO]

Insurance: prohibit gender rating in the group and individual markets for health insurance coverage, E2836 [19NO]

Interstate compacts: allow establishment for the purpose of expanding health insurance options, H12849 [7NO]

Medicaid: solvency, H13043, H13044 [17NO]

Medicare: allow waiver of copays for biosimilar interchangeable drugs, H12842 [7NO]

———eliminate funding cuts, H14378 [9DE], H14883 [15DE]

———home health services funding, H12339 [4NO]

———improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers, H12262 [3NO], H12882, H12884, H12900, H12955 [7NO]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, H12262 [3NO], H12477 [6NO], H13270, H13271 [19NO], H14884 [15DE]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce, H12121 [29OC]

———reform, H12562 [6NO]

———solvency, H12262 [3NO], H12982 [16NO], H13044 [17NO], H13131, H13132 [18NO]

News media: allegations of bias in reports of President Obama's promise not to raise taxes relative to Affordable Health Care for America Act, H13074 [18NO]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, H12889 [7NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, H12132, H12133 [29OC]

Small business: economic impact of increased tax rates, H12475-H12477, H12485 [6NO], H12613, H12914, H12915 [7NO], H13042, H13043 [17NO], H13511 [3DE]

Social Security: preserve the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H12878 [7NO], H13011 [17NO]

Taxation: rates, H12258, H12261 [3NO], H12429 [5NO]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: evaluation and impact of Obama administration business policies, H12049, H12122 [29OC]

Veterans: health care choices, H12556 [6NO], H12848 [7NO]

Women: health care for women and role of women in health care decisions, H12182-H12189 [2NO]

Remarks in Senate

Enact (H.R. 3962), S10881, S10882, S10893, S10894 [29OC], S11140 [5NO], S11260, S11264, S11265 [9NO], S11307-S11313, S11315, S11317, S11332, S11356 [10NO], S11359, S11372-S11374 [16NO], S11393-S11395, S11397-S11402, S11422-S11424 [17NO], S11443-S11459, S11465-S11467, S11482-S11484, S11511-S11513 [18NO], S11515-S11523, S11533-S11537, S11573-S11576 [19NO]

Health: achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services and reform organization of primary care delivery through Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs expansion, S11465 [18NO]

———allow States to implement single-payer health care plans, S11466 [18NO]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, S11312, S11315 [10NO], S11520 [19NO]

IRS: role in implementation, administration, and enforcement of health care reform, S11482-S11484 [18NO]

Medicaid: exempt States and local governments from costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S11397, S11400 [17NO]

Medicare: Medicare Advantage program funding, S11393-S11395 [17NO], S11855-S11861 [20NO], S11951 [21NO]

———solvency, S11312 [10NO]

Senate Rules: require that text, amendments, conference report, and CBO scoring of health care reform legislation be available on the Internet for a certain period as the legislation proceeds, S11512 [18NO]

Small business: economic impact of increased tax rates, S11312, S11333 [10NO]

Social Security: extend provisions under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S11457 [18NO]

Taxation: rates, S11140 [5NO], S11401 [17NO]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 3962, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 903) (H. Rept. 111-330), H12586 [6NO]

Statements

Prohibit Federal Funding of Abortions Under Any National Health Care Plan: Minnesota Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, H12926 [7NO]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H12970 [7NO]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Education and Labor, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), and Committee on Ways and Means (House), H12970 [7NO]

Texts of

H. Res. 903, consideration of H.R. 3962, provisions, H12598 [7NO]

H.R. 3962, provisions, H12623-H12834 [7NO]