PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

Amendments

Employment: improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 727), H7690 [18SE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), consideration (H. Res. 530), H2818 [2AP]

Insurance: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S2958, S2959, S2976, S2978 [13MY], S3018, S3019, S3033, S3034, S3035, S3036, S3037, S3038, S3039, S3040, S3041 [14MY], S3082, S3083, S3084, S3086, S3088, S3089, S3090, S3092, S3093, S3094, S3095, S3096, S3097, S3098, S3101, S3102, S3103, S3104, S3105, S3106, S3107, S3108, S3109, S3110, S3111, S3113, S3114, S3115, S3117, S3119, S3120, S3124, S3132, S3133, S3134, S3135, S3136, S3137, S3138, S3139, S3140, S3141, S3142, S3143, S3144, S3145 [15MY], S3191, S3192 [20MY], S5271 [31JY]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), consideration (H. Res. 717), H7407 [10SE]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), consideration (H. Res. 555), H3264 [29AP]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), consideration (H. Res. 497), H2165 [5MR]

——— ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), S4560 [16JY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1860, S1874, S1877, S1879 [31MR], S1939, S1940, S1967, S1968, S1969, S1977, S1978, S1979, S1980, S1981, S1985, S2014, S2015, S2017, S2019, S2020, S2022, S2023, S2024, S2027, S2029, S2030, S2032, S2033, S2034, S2035, S2036, S2037 [1AP], S2097 [2AP], S2176 [7AP], S6438, S6453, S6454, S6456, S6457 [9DE], S6545, S6565, S6566, S6567, S6569, S6570, S6571, S6572, S6573, S6574, S6575, S6576, S6577, S6578 [10DE], S6637, S6643, S6645 [11DE], H8385, H8388 [4DE], H8826 [8DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 770), H8383 [4DE]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), consideration (H. Res. 455), H94 [9JA]

Privacy: notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (H.R. 3811), consideration (H. Res. 455), H94 [9JA]

Articles and editorials

Best State in America—Vermont, for Its Healthy Kids, S3926 [24JN]

CBO—Health-Care Law Will Reduce Jobs by Two Million, S728 [4FE]

CBO—O-Care Slowing Growth, Contributing to Job Losses, S729 [4FE]

Census Report Shows Rise in Full-Time Work, Undercutting Claims by Health Reform Opponents, H7816 [18SE]

Denver Physician—Red Tape Isn’t Health Care Reform (excerpt), S4731 [23JY]

E-B-F Reduces Hours for Para-Educators (excerpt), S2852 [8MY]

Health Insurers Make Late Push To Enroll Young People, S1851 [31MR]

Immigrant Families Benefit Significantly From Obamacare—Accounted for 42% of Medicaid Growth Since 2011 (excerpt), H8264 [2DE]

Medicare Finances Improve Partly Due to ACA, Hospital Expenses, Trustee Report Says—Outlook for Social Security, However, Remains the Same, H7060 [30JY]

ObamaCare and My Mother’s Cancer Medicine, S995 [24FE]

ObamaCare’s Hidden Hit on Businesses, S2084 [2AP]

ObamaCare’s Secret Mandate Exemption, H2382 [13MR]

PA. Health Marketplace ‘‘Working’’ for Enrollees, S3927 [24JN]

Survey—Most Republicans Who Bought Obamacare Coverage Like Their Plans, H7061 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges (see H.R. 3953), H1480 [28JA]

Business and industry: modify definition of applicable large employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2168), S1818 [27MR]

CBO: report changes in direct spending and revenue associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see S. 2446), S3475 [5JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (see S. 2655), S4903 [24JY] (see H.R. 5185), H6813 [24JY]

Contraceptives: ensure employers cannot prohibit access, call for an FDA study on whether prescriptions are necessary for contraceptives, and allow use of certain health accounts to purchase over-the-counter drugs (see S. 2605), S4502 [15JY]

Dept. of HHS: conduct outreach efforts to provide certain health information to individuals enrolled in qualified health plans through exchanges or State plans under Medicaid (see H.R. 4796), H5068 [2JN]

——— eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses (see S. 2278), S2614 [1MY]

——— require certain health insurance premium increase information be disclosed to Congress (see H.R. 4633), H4058 [9MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and provide risk-based, performance-based cybersecurity standards for information technology requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H.R. 3847), H162 [10JA]

Economy: extend unemployment benefits, approve Keystone XL Pipeline, repeal medical device tax, restore 40-hour work week, and provide reemployment assessments (see H.R. 3885), H472 [15JA]

Elder Justice Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5515), H7674 [17SE]

Employment: exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, provide payroll tax holiday and relocation loans, and reform and strengthen workforce investment system (see S. 2038), S1048 [25FE]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (see H.R. 4), H7528 [15SE]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 727), H7616 [16SE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), consideration (see H. Res. 530), H2801 [1AP]

Federal-State relations: provide for recoupment and reallocation of unspent State grant funds (see H.R. 3884), H472 [15JA]

GAO: conduct studies on enrollment by racial and ethnic minorities and by low-income seniors in Medicare Advantage program (see H.R. 4211), H2360 [12MR]

Health: clarify treatment of health care provider standards of care under Federal health care provisions (see H.R. 4750), H4909 [28MY]

——— repeal certain provisions that have the effect of rationing health care (see S. 2064), S1233 [27FE]

——— repeal mandate that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer’s health benefits plan (see S. 2546), S4153 [26JN]

House of Representatives: bring an action seeking relief in response to the failure of the Sec. of the Treasury to faithfully execute the law relative to health insurance-related IRS reporting requirements (see H. Res. 655), H5830 [7JY]

Insurance: allow employees’ dependents access to tax credits if the cost of family coverage through the employer is greater than a certain percentage of household income (see S. 2434), S3474 [5JN] (see H.R. 4865), H5363 [12JN]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2190), S1923 [1AP]

——— allow sole proprietors and their spouses and domestic partners to purchase health insurance on the small business exchange (see H.R. 5313), H7181 [31JY]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (see S. 2808), S5588 [15SE] (see H.R. 5453), H7454 [11SE]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (see H.R. 4414), H2990 [7AP]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), consideration (see H. Res. 555), H3240 [28AP]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 4118), H2097 [28FE]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), consideration (see H. Res. 497), H2147 [4MR]

——— delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (see H.R. 4805), H5072 [5JN]

——— disapprove IRS rule relative to the individual mandate (see S.J. Res. 35), S1819 [27MR]

——— eliminate health care exchange cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 4196), H2301 [11MR]

——— enhance access for independent agents and brokers to information regarding marketplace enrollment (see S. 2175), S1818 [27MR]

——— ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services (see H.R. 4396), H2913 [3AP]

——— ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see S. 2578), S4336 [9JY] (see H.R. 5051), H6035 [9JY]

——— establish a certification process for opting out of the individual health insurance mandate (see S. 2733), S5217 [31JY]

——— establish board of directors and chief executive officer to oversee Federal exchange and State exchanges and to provide health insurance oversight (see S. 2749), S5217 [31JY]

——— exclude alien agricultural seasonal workers when determining employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5392), H7240 [1AU]

——— exempt certain educational institutions from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2462), S3604 [11JN] (see H.R. 4775), H5063 [30MY]

——— exempt certain small businesses from employer health insurance mandate and modify definition of full-time employee relative to mandate (see S. 2205), S2161 [3AP]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3979), H1514 [31JA]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 770), H8365 [3DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 121), H8669 [4DE] (see H. Con. Res. 123), H9044 [10DE]

——— exempt small businesses which are experiencing hardship from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5651), H7886 [18SE]

——— extend health plan coverage to dependent children in the individual and group market if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5384), H7184 [31JY]

——— extend open enrollment period for health care plans (see H.R. 4210), H2360 [12MR]

——— impose restrictions on risk corridor program (see H.R. 4406), H2961 [4AP]

——— limit rescissions of coverage under health plans in the individual and group market if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5321), H7181 [31JY]

——— maintain preexisting condition coverage and guaranteed availability of health insurance if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5328), H7181 [31JY]

——— permit health insurance issuers to offer additional plan options (see S. 1915), S291 [13JA]

——— prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see S. 2214), S2194 [7AP] (see H.R. 4354), H2801 [1AP]

——— prevent foreign diplomats from being eligible to receive health insurance premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions (see H.R. 5825), H9043 [10DE]

——— provide a permanent path for the direct enrollment of individuals in qualified health plans (see S. 2173), S1818 [27MR]

——— provide certain uninsured individuals a special enrollment period after tax filing for enrollment in qualified health plans offered through an exchange (see H.R. 5147), H6398 [17JY]

——— provide for conditions on renewal of health insurance plans purchased through exchanges (see S. 2801), S5564 [11SE]

——— provide temporary shift in scheduled collection of transitional reinsurance program payments (see S. 2253), S2379 [10AP] (see H.R. 4735), H4829 [22MY]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (see S. 2106), S1519 [11MR] (see H.R. 4064), H1776 [14FE]

——— reform verification and reporting processes for health care premium and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 5557), H7883 [18SE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see S. 2191), S1923 [1AP]

——— repeal if it is determined that the Act has resulted in more uninsured individuals than at the time of enactment (see H.R. 3849), H162 [10JA]

——— repeal provisions establishing a transitional reinsurance program and risk corridors for health plans to prevent taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see H.R. 3812), H20 [7JA] (see H.R. 3851), H162 [10JA]

——— repeal risk corridor program (see H.R. 5175), H6744 [23JY]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5725), H8033 [17NO]

——— require employers to notify employees and prospective employees if the employer is exempted or excepted from covering certain health services (see S. 2629), S4620 [17JY]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), consideration (see H. Res. 455), H72 [8JA]

——— revise reporting requirements to preserve the privacy of individuals (see S. 2176), S1818 [27MR]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 5213), H6976 [28JY]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (H.R. 5213) (see S. 2881), S5782 [18SE]

——— sunset provisions establishing a transitional reinsurance program and risk corridors, and repeal risk adjustment for health plans to prevent bailout of health insurance issuers (see H.R. 3985), H1544 [3FE]

——— temporarily exempt certain Medicare and Medicaid providers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5098), H6215 [14JY]

Medicaid: extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (see S. 2694), S5134 [30JY] (see S. 3007), S6627 [11DE] (see H.R. 5723), H8033 [17NO]

Medicare: create a Medicare Advantage Improvement Fund (see H.R. 4196), H2301 [11MR]

——— repeal rebasing of payments for home health services and replace such rebasing with a home health value-based purchasing program (see H.R. 5110), H6296 [15JY]

——— require Medicare Advantage organizations to disclose changes made to plans required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 4201), H2301 [11MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: end increased Federal funding for Medicaid expansion for inmates’ hospital care and apply savings to Medicare Advantage stabilization program to help protect seniors’ choices (see H.R. 5113), H6296 [15JY]

Members of Congress: eliminate benefits under the Federal employees health benefit program and require Members to purchase insurance through their States’ exchange (see H.R. 5177), H6745 [23JY]

——— prohibit Government contributions under the Federal employees health benefit program towards exchange health insurance coverage of Members of Congress (see H.R. 3853), H162 [10JA]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see S. 2430), S3424 [4JN] (see H.R. 4158), H2255 [6MR]

Privacy: notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see S. 1902), S223 [9JA] (see H.R. 3811), H19 [7JA]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (H.R. 3811), consideration (see H. Res. 455), H72 [8JA]

——— provide privacy protections that enable certain individuals to remove their profiles from the healthcare.gov website (see H.R. 5610), H7885 [18SE]

——— require new procedures for health care exchange websites relative to personal information (see H.R. 3835), H134 [9JA]

Small business: study impact (see H.R. 4728), H4828 [22MY]

——— study impact (H.R. 4728) (see S. 2383), S3293 [22MY]

Social Security: continue pre-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act flexibility in providing State Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage (see H.R. 3931), H1430 [27JA]

States: provide greater flexibility in offering health insurance coverage across State lines (see S. 2174), S1818 [27MR]

——— require States with failed health care exchanges to reimburse the Federal Government for amounts provided for establishment and operation of such exchanges (see S. 2339), S3029 [14MY] (see H.R. 4677), H4475 [19MY]

Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 3986), H1591 [4FE]

——— exempt student workers from determination of higher education institutions’ employer health care shared responsibility (see H.R. 5262), H7125 (see H.R. 5298), H7126 [30JY]

——— expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see S. 2069), S1233 [27FE] (see H.R. 4128), H2097 [28FE] (see H.R. 4244), H2433 [13MR]

——— expand eligibility time period for credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see H.R. 4133), H2097 [28FE]

——— expand the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see H.R. 4132), H2097 [28FE]

——— modify Internal Revenue Code provisions relative to determinations of full-time equivalent employees under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see S. 2166), S1818 [27MR]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 5438), H7433 [10SE]

——— repeal tax increase on taxpayers who incur catastrophic medical expenses (see S. 2962), S6205 [20NO]

Cloture motions

Insurance: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S3019 [14MY], S3060 [15MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to proceed, S2850 [8MY], S2930 [13MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1860 [31MR], S2047 [2AP], S2150 [3AP], S6437 [9DE], S6589 [11DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), motion to proceed, S1770 [26MR], S1799 [27MR]

Comments

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act poll on Senator Cruz’s Facebook page, H2873–H2882 [3AP]

E-Mails

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2750 [1AP]

Letters

Allegations of waste and mismanagement against a contractor operating a processing center to handle health insurance applications: Marilyn Tavenner, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, S3962 [25JN]

Employee Health Care Protection Act: Brad Jones, Cornerstone Staffing, Inc., H7419 [10SE]

——— Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7414 [10SE]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7414 [10SE]

Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H3070 [9AP]

——— Council for Affordable Health Coverage, H3269 [29AP]

——— Gary Loveman, Business Roundtable (organization), H3270 [29AP]

——— Giev Kashkooli, United Farm Workers (organization), H3071 [9AP]

——— James A. Klein, American Benefits Council, H3071 [9AP], H3271 [29AP]

——— Janet Trautwein, National Association of Health Underwriters, H3270 [29AP]

——— Kate Hull, Corporate Health Care Coalition, H3272 [29AP]

——— Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center, H3071 [9AP], H3273 [29AP]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H3072 [9AP], H3272 [29AP]

——— several labor organizations, H3273 [29AP]

——— Steph Serling, Service Employees International Union, H3071 [9AP]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H3071 [9AP]

Jobs for America Act: Americans for Financial Reform (organization), H7817 [18SE]

Nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be Sec. of HHS: Senator Vitter, S3444 [5JN]

——— several Representatives, S3443 [5JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility: Marlin Gill, H2649 [26MR]

Save American Workers Act: Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, H2883 [3AP]

——— David French, National Retail Federation, H2884 [3AP]

——— Employers for Flexibility in Health Care (E-FLEX) Coalition, H2883 [3AP]

——— Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, H2833 [2AP]

——— Mary Kusler, National Education Association, H2828 [2AP]

——— Mike Aitken, Society for Human Resource Management, H2865 [3AP]

——— Peter J. Cotter and Misty Chally, National Franchise Association, Inc., H2833 [2AP]

——— Peter J. Larkin, National Grocers Association, H2832 [2AP]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H2883 [3AP]

——— Scott DeFife, National Restaurant Association, H2829 [2AP]

——— Small Business Coalition for Affordable Health Care, H2884 [3AP]

——— Stephen J. Caldeira, International Franchise Association, H2829 [2AP]

Save American Workers Act and Forty Hours Is Full Time Act: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H2827 [2AP]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H2827 [2AP]

Sustainable growth rate repeal and improved Medicare payments through delay of individual health insurance mandate: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H2465 [14MR]

——— Karen Ignagni, America’s Health Insurance Plans (organization) and Scott P. Serota, BlueCross BlueShield Association, H2465 [14MR]

——— Richard E. Thorp, California Medical Association, H2466 [14MR]

——— Richard J. Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans, H2466 [14MR]

Lists

50 things the House could be doing instead of undermining the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2162 [5MR]

Motions

Employment: improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), H7854 [18SE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), H2889 [3AP]

Insurance: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S2831 [8MY], S2889 [12MY], S2923 [13MY], S2984, S3018 [14MY]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), consideration (H. Res. 555), H3264 [29AP]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2175 [5MR]

——— ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), S4443 [14JY], S4461 [15JY], S4513 [16JY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1720 [25MR], S1741 [26MR], S1781 [27MR], S1860 [31MR], S2080 [2AP], S2148 [3AP], S6437, S6438 [9DE], S6726, S6738 [12DE], H8387 [4DE]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), H1226 [16JA]

Press releases

Congressman Faleomavaega Applauds CMS Decision To Increase Medicaid FMAP for Eligible Territories: Delegate Faleomavaega, E1729 [3DE]

Faleomavaega Stands With Democratic Colleagues To Fight for Territory’s Medicaid Funding: Delegate Faleomavaega (2012), E1728 [3DE]

House Passes Final Version of Health Care Legislation, Includes Increase in Medicaid and Health Insurance Exchange for American Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1728 [3DE]

Remarks in House

Abortion: prohibit coverage for abortion under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program except under certain circumstances, H6045 [10JY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H1704 [10FE]

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges, H7629 [17SE]

Boehner, Speaker: proposal to sue President Obama for circumventing the American people and their elected representatives through executive action, H6391–H6395 [17JY], H6669 [23JY]

Budget: treatment of revenues generated from Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H3161 [10AP]

Business and industry: modify definition of applicable large employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2577), H2011 [27FE]

CBO: release of report on economic impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H1600 [5FE], H1728, H1729 [11FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (H.R. 5185), H8889–H8891 [9DE]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House): requests for Chief Technology Officer to testify relative to security issues with Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation, H4953, H4954 [29MY]

Connecticut: implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2811 [2AP]

Contraceptives: impact of fines on for-profit corporations for not fulfilling health insurance coverage requirements to offer contraceptives, H2638–H2641 [25MR]

Courts: U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decision in Halbig v. Burwell relative to offering subsidies in Federal health insurance exchanges, H6587 [22JY], H6980 [29JY]

Crime: provide for penalties for aggravated identity theft facilitated by employment at an implementing agency (H.R. 3652), H85 [9JA]

Dept. of HHS: raise awareness of breast cancer and encourage women to get mammograms, H1760 [11FE]

District of Columbia: prohibition on use of local funding to cover abortions for low-income women, H158–H160 [10JA], H6046 [10JY], H9285 [11DE]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H1602 [5FE], H2428–H2431 [13MR]

Employment: delay implementation of modification of definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate until U.S. has reached full employment economy, H2831 [2AP]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, H1529 [3FE], H1556 [4FE], H1597 [5FE], H2933 [4AP], H4483 [20MY]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), H7773–H7819, H7854–H7858 [18SE], E1603 [17NO]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 727), H7684–H7691 [18SE]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), motion to recommit, H7856, H7857 [18SE]

——— include commuting time in computation of hours for purposes of the definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate, H2831 [2AP]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), H1649 [5FE], H2731 [27MR], H2789–H2794 [1AP], H2810, H2813, H2821–H2833, H2836, H2837 [2AP], H2858–H2893 [3AP], H2918 [4AP], E507, E509, E510, E513 [3AP]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), consideration (H. Res. 530), H2813–H2820 [2AP]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), motion to recommit, H2889 [3AP]

——— prevent modification of definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate if it results in increased deficit or a reduction in hours or wages for employees, H2889 [3AP]

Government: impact of Federal regulations and Federal aid on societal behavior relative to the role of Government in the lives of individual citizens, H153–H156 [10JA]

Gruber, Jonathan: characterization of remarks relative to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H7904, H7925–H7927 [12NO], H7944, H7947 [13NO], H8002 [17NO], H8944 [10DE]

Health: prevent establishment of Federal health care provider standards of care in medical malpractice cases, H2457 [14MR]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities, H1704 [10FE]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (H.R. 940), E74 [15JA]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2300), H1585 [4FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

Implementation, H30 [8JA], H1731 [11FE], H2007 [27FE], H2953 [4AP], H3263 [29AP], H7059–H7062, H7095, H7097 [30JY], H8136 [20NO], E626 [29AP]

Insurance: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate, H7812, H7813 [18SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), H2276–H2278 [11MR], H2309 [12MR], H7109 [30JY], E1024 [19JN]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), H3067–H3072 [9AP], H3266–H3275 [29AP], H7110 [30JY], E678 [6MY]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), consideration (H. Res. 555), H3261–H3266 [29AP]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, H1701 [10FE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H2170 [5MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate, H2376–H2380 [13MR], H2457–H2469 [14MR], E402 [18MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2086 [28FE], H2168–H2177 [5MR], H2261 [11MR], E339 [10MR], E356 [11MR], E368 [12MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), consideration (H. Res. 497), H2160–H2167 [5MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), motion to recommit, H2175, H2176 [5MR]

——— delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (H.R. 4805), H5251 [11JN]

——— ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, H4823 [22MY]

——— ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (H.R. 5051), H6238–H6240 [15JY], H6356, H6359–H6363 [17JY], E1186 [17JY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate, H1760 [11FE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3685), H65–H68 [8JA], H86 [9JA], H174 [13JA], E25 [8JA], E29 [9JA]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), H2278–H2280 [11MR], H2309 [12MR], H2946, H2948–H2951 [4AP], H2964 [7AP], H3039 [8AP], H3394 [1MY], H4926 [29MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 770), H8369–H8385 [4DE], E1771 [10DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 770), unanimous-consent agreement, H8385 [4DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in engrossment, H8826 [8DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 121), H8652 [4DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 123), H8998 [10DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), Senate amendment, H8369, H8385–H8632, H8655, H8663 [4DE], H8871, H8876 [9DE], E1739 [4DE], E1749 [8DE], E1780, E1789 [10DE], E1848 [16DE]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H6 [7JA], H138 [10JA], H189, H209 [14JA], H1231 [16JA], H1554, H1557, H1584–H1587 [4FE], H1704–H1707 [10FE], H1722 [11FE], H1923 [25FE], H1946 [26FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE], H2093 [28FE], H2154, H2174 [5MR], H2261, H2288 [11MR], H2371 [13MR], H2437, H2475 [14MR], H2568 [24MR], H2619, H2620 [25MR], H2649, H2657, H2658, H2659, H2684, H2690–H2693 [26MR], H2750, H2788 [1AP], H2815, H2817, H2822, H2823, H2825, H2829, H2833–H2839, H2842, H2845–H2847 [2AP], H2893 [3AP], H2964 [7AP], H2997, H3052 [8AP], H3202 [28AP], H3384 [1MY], H4917 [29MY], H5076, H5077 [9JN], H5601 [23JN], H6227 [15JY], H6342 [16JY], H6356, H6392 [17JY], H6987, H6989 [29JY], H7057 [30JY], H7442 [11SE], H7458 [15SE], H7535 [16SE], H7919, H7925–H7927 [12NO], H8152, H8153 [20NO], H8287 [3DE], H9048 [11DE], E278 [28FE], E1393 [11SE]

——— open enrollment season, E1602 [17NO]

——— preserve provisions that protect consumers from premium increases, provide tax credits and rebates, and prohibit discrimination on the basis of pre-existing conditions, H2175, H2176 [5MR]

——— prohibit discrimination based on gender, including higher premiums for women or loss of contraception or maternity care, H7436 [11SE]

——— provide for disclosure of lower costs and additional health benefits to individuals and families enrolled in health exchanges, H1226, H1227 [16JA]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (H.R. 4064), H1926 [25FE]

——— repeal provisions establishing a transitional reinsurance program and risk corridors for health plans to prevent taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (H.R. 3812), H137 [10JA]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 5725), H8036 [18NO]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges, H6180 [14JY]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), H241 [15JA], H1218–H1228 [16JA], E76 [15JA], E101 [17JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), consideration (H. Res. 455), H87–H96 [9JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), motion to recommit, H1226, H1227 [16JA]

——— temporarily exempt certain Medicare and Medicaid providers from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 5098), H6314 [16JY]

Kentucky: implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H4926 [29MY]

Medicaid: States voluntary expansion of coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H6666, H6667, H6670 [23JY], H7043, H7048 [30JY], H7400 [10SE]

Medicare: funding, H3078 [9AP]

——— impact of implementation on payments to critical access hospitals, H2287 [11MR]

——— impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation on solvency, E1302 [1AU]

——— Medicare Advantage program funding, H2102 [4MR], H2310 [12MR], H2700 [27MR], H2787 [1AP], H2900–H2903 [3AP]

——— repeal rebasing of payments for home health services and replace such rebasing with a home health value-based purchasing program (H.R. 5110), H6355 [17JY]

National Latino Enrollment Week: participation in enrollment for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2014 [27FE]

News media: allegations of media bias, E484 [1AP]

NIH: justify award of NIH grant to Jonathan Gruber relative to controversial remarks on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and NIH funding priorities, H8136 [20NO]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H1440 [28JA], H1540–H1543 [3FE], H7424–H7426 [10SE], H7905 [12NO]

——— evaluation of administration relative to allegations of crony capitalism and progressive policies, H2847 [2AP]

——— evaluation of administration relative to constitutional role of Congress and separation of powers, H6391–H6395 [17JY], H6948 [28JY]

——— evaluation of economic policies, H1599 [5FE], H2153 [5MR]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce employer mandate provisions, H114–H118 [9JA], H2850 [2AP]

——— State of the Union Message, H1508 [29JA]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: funding, H4953, H4954 [29MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H2810 [2AP]

——— protect the rights of individuals against Government violations, H2090–H2092 [28FE]

——— require new procedures for health care exchange websites relative to personal information (H.R. 3835), H112 [9JA]

Repeal, H2657, H2658 [26MR], H2794 [1AP], H2847 [2AP], H4486 [20MY], H8021, H8025–H8027 [17NO]

Repeal (H.R. 2300), H1585 [4FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE]

Repeal (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

Repeal (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, H6985 [29JY]

Small business: study impact (H.R. 4728), E818 [22MY]

States: encourage certain States to accept expanded Medicaid coverage, H2787 [1AP], H7396 [10SE]

——— hearing of arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Sebelius relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, H2370, H2371, H2372, H2373, H2374 [13MR], H2592, H2600–H2609 [24MR], H2615, H2619, H2620, H2636–H2642 [25MR], H2658, H2684 [26MR], H2735 [27MR], E399 [14MR]

Taxation: impact on tax burden, H229 [15JA]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (H.R. 1814), H2273–H2276, H2288 [11MR], H2309 [12MR]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices, H7813, H7815 [18SE]

Unemployment: rates, H1690 [10FE]

Remarks in Senate

Anniversary, S1711 [25MR]

CBO: release of report on economic impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S781–S783, S809–S811 [6FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (H.R. 5185), S6840 [15DE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: allegations of waste and mismanagement against a contractor operating a processing center to handle health insurance applications, S3961 [25JN]

Children and youth: expand and improve the provision and insurance coverage of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations, S1360–S1362 [6MR]

Courts: U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decision in Halbig v. Burwell relative to offering subsidies in Federal health insurance exchanges, S4725 [23JY], S4982 [28JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish income verification procedures for Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act premium subsidy eligibility, S3356 [3JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), S351 [15JA]

Economy: extend unemployment benefits, approve Keystone XL Pipeline, and restore 40-hour work week, S1907 [1AP]

——— impact of Government regulations, S2537 [30AP]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S5601 [16SE]

——— restore 40-hour work week, S2294 [9AP], S2334 [10AP]

Employment: exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, S2927 [13MY]

——— exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, provide employer payroll tax holiday, provide employment relocation loans, and reform and strengthen workforce investment system, S191 [9JA], S307 [14JA]

——— exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, provide payroll tax holiday and relocation loans, and reform and strengthen workforce investment system, S1785 [27MR], S1889 [1AP]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, S45 [7JA], S746 [4FE], S781, S789, S802, S809–S811 [6FE], S930 [12FE], S1743 [26MR], S2084 [2AP], S2529–S2532 [30AP], S2695 [6MY], S2852 [8MY], S3996 [25JN], S5605 [16SE]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), S5957 [12NO], S5996 [13NO]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate, S195 [9JA], S2139, S2145 [3AP], S6435 [9DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), S2202 [7AP], S2203 [8AP]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (S. 1188), S48 [7JA], S344 [15JA], S408 [16JA], S2412 [28AP], S2431 [29AP], S2548 [30AP], S2927 [13MY], S3775 [18JN], S3906 [24JN], S4477 [15JY], S5601 [16SE]

Government regulations: impact of regulations on rural health care, S6663–S6665 [11DE]

Health: repeal certain provisions that have the effect of rationing health care (S. 2064), S1235 [27FE]

Implementation, S726 [4FE], S1744 [26MR], S1796 [27MR], S3169 [20MY], S3450 [5JN], S4725–S4727 [23JY]

Insurance: allow employees’ dependents access to tax credits if the cost of family coverage through the employer is greater than a certain percentage of household income (S. 2434), S3445 [5JN]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate, S2139 [3AP]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S1669 [13MR], S1679 [24MR], S3018–S3020 [14MY], S3050–S3056, S3059–S3063 [15MY], S3153 [20MY], S3196, S3221 [21MY], S3245–S3249 [22MY], S3350 [3JN], S6173 [20NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to commit, S3018 [14MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to proceed, S2831 [8MY], S2889 [12MY], S2923, S2925, S2927–S2930 [13MY], S2984–S2986, S2999–S3007, S3013, S3016 [14MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), unanimous-consent agreement, S2946 [13MY], S3020 [14MY], S3064 [15MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), unanimous-consent request, S3059 [15MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (S. 2190), S5601 [16SE]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees, S6771 [12DE]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, S195 [9JA], S860, S874, S875 [11FE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, S36, S39 [7JA], S88, S90, S92–S94 [8JA], S195, S202 [9JA], S274 [13JA], S302 [14JA]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), S1369, S1370 [6MR], S1371 [10MR]

——— delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed, S3440, S3441 [5JN]

——— ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), S4365 [9JY], S4368 [10JY], S5401 [9SE], S5481, S5493 [10SE]

——— ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), motion to proceed, S4443, S4451 [14JY], S4461–S4468, S4474–S4476, S4480–S4483, S4489–S4491, S4495 [15JY], S4513, S4516, S4519–S4535, S4537 [16JY]

——— exempt certain small businesses from employer health insurance mandate and modify definition of full-time employee relative to mandate, S4756 [23JY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1669 [13MR], S1679 [24MR], S1859, S1860 [31MR], S1883, S1886, S1889–S1903, S1906–S1912 [1AP], S2044–S2049, S2055, S2056, S2059–S2064, S2069, S2076–S2081 [2AP], S2136–S2143, S2145, S2148–S2150, S2154 [3AP], S2173–S2178, S2181–S2183 [7AP]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 121), S6681 [11DE], S6739 [12DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 123), S6681 [11DE], S6739 [12DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), House amendment, S6341 [4DE], S6437, S6440 [9DE], S6470–S6474, S6492–S6496, S6504, S6518–S6528 [10DE], S6584, S6589, S6610, S6644, S6653–S6655, S6673–S6678, S6680, S6681 [11DE], S6716–S6719, S6722–S6739, S6744, S6766, S6773, S6774 [12DE], S6814, S6815 [13DE], S6846 [15DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), motion to proceed, S1720 [25MR], S1741 [26MR], S1781, S1785, S1786, S1800 [27MR], S1840–S1842, S1850, S1859 [31MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), unanimous-consent agreement, S1793, S1809 [27MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), unanimous-consent request, S2045, S2056, S2059, S2063, S2068, S2078, S2079 [2AP]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S4 [6JA], S37, S41, S51 [7JA], S95, S114 [8JA], S192–S194 [9JA], S306 [14JA], S348–S354 [15JA], S422, S423, S427–S430 [16JA], S472 [27JA], S562–S564, S569 [29JA], S627 [30JA], S728, S755 [4FE], S782, S801 [6FE], S873–S876 [11FE], S919, S920, S931 [12FE], S994, S995 [24FE], S1012–S1016, S1023, S1034 [25FE], S1133, S1135–S1142, S1160 [26FE], S1192, S1212–S1218, S1221 [27FE], S1264 [4MR], S1332, S1351 [6MR], S1495–S1498 [11MR], S1532, S1533, S1534–S1536 [12MR], S1599–S1601 [13MR], S1678 [24MR], S1700 [25MR], S1744, S1747, S1756–S1758, S1763–S1767 [26MR], S1783–S1785 [27MR], S1850, S1851 [31MR], S1885, S1887 [1AP], S2049–S2051, S2054, S2055, S2057, S2060, S2069, S2072–S2077 [2AP], S2135 [3AP], S2295, S2301–S2303 [9AP], S2341, S2351 [10AP], S2430 [29AP], S2586, S2599–S2601 [1MY], S2755 [7MY], S2850–S2853 [8MY], S2893 [12MY], S2924, S2927 [13MY], S3001, S3007–S3011 [14MY], S3159, S3171 [20MY], S3197, S3202–S3204 [21MY], S3281–S3284 [22MY], S3347 [3JN], S3390, S3392–S3394, S3401–S3403, S3408, S3411 [4JN], S3434–S3446 [5JN], S3489 [9JN], S3518 [10JN], S3557 [11JN], S3853–S3855 [19JN], S3995–S3997 [25JN], S4234, S4244–S4248, S4251–S4256 [8JY], S4442 [10JY], S4443 [14JY], S4462, S4468–S4470, S4477 [15JY], S4514, S4524, S4529, S4530 [16JY], S4647 [21JY], S4674 [22JY], S4731 [23JY], S5098–S5101 [30JY], S5173–S5178 [31JY], S5387 [9SE], S5526 [11SE], S5603–S5606 [16SE], S5656 [17SE], S5897 [12NO], S5980 [13NO], S6123 [19NO], S6183–S6186 [20NO], S6243, S6254 [2DE], S6316 [4DE], S6434 [9DE], S6494 [10DE]

——— impact of implementation on the diagnosis and treatment of autism, S2090 [2AP]

——— improvement in treatment of patients with certain cancers and in preventative cancer testing and screenings, S1353–S1355 [6MR]

——— permit health insurance issuers to offer additional plan options, S2069 [2AP]

——— prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (S. 1726), S430 [16JA]

——— prohibit funding to implement and apply savings to restoring working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, S423 [16JA]

——— prohibit funding to implement as long as implementation has negative impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S423 [16JA]

——— provide for participation in health care exchanges by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff and limit subsidies, S4 [6JA], S2543 [30AP], S2587, S2589 [1MY], S2682, S2686 [6MY], S3443 [5JN], S5539 [11SE]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (S. 2106), S3007 [14MY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (S. 603), S48 [7JA]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (S. 2191), S1934 [1AP]

——— repeal implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, S2056 [2AP], S4879 [24JY]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges, S3649 [12JN]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (S. 1590), S351 [15JA]

Medicaid: impact of increased funding obligations on States, S3449 [5JN]

Medicare: impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation on solvency, S5093 [30JY]

——— Medicare Advantage program funding, S1012–S1016, S1023, S1033 [25FE], S1135–S1142, S1160 [26FE], S1192, S1216 [27FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: impact of implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S5173–S5175 [31JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S493, S509–S512 [28JA]

——— evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, intimidation, and lack of accountability by Federal agencies, S2549–S2552 [30AP], S4389–S4392 [10JY]

——— evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power in implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S3171–S3174 [20MY], S3443 [5JN]

——— evaluation of administration relative to constitutional role of Congress and separation of powers, S271 [13JA], S511 [28JA], S875 [11FE], S4890, S4891 [24JY]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S213–S215 [9JA], S273 [13JA], S337, S350 [15JA], S407 [16JA], S472 [27JA], S504 [28JA], S558 [29JA], S728 [4FE], S870 [11FE], S3349 [3JN]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (S. 2430), S3426–S3428 [4JN]

Privacy: ensure that personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is secured with proper privacy and data security safeguards, S99 [8JA], S801 [6FE]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (S. 1902), S303 [14JA]

Repeal, S471 [27JA], S562–S564 [29JA], S920 [12FE], S1502 [11MR], S5603 [16SE], S5980 [13NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, S6880 [16DE]

Senate: legislative priorities, S6435 [9DE]

States: encourage certain States to accept expanded Medicaid coverage, S3281 [22MY]

——— require States with failed health care exchanges to reimburse the Federal Government for amounts provided for establishment and operation of such exchanges (S. 2339), S3031 [14MY], S3450 [5JN]

Supreme Court: decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Burwell relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S4205, S4212 [7JY], S4388 [10JY], S4451 [14JY], S4461–S4468, S4474–S4476, S4481–S4483, S4489–S4491, S4495 [15JY], S4516, S4519–S4529, S4531, S4533–S4535, S4537 [16JY], S5401 [9SE], S5493 [10SE]

Taxation: repeal excise tax on medical devices, S505 [28JA], S871 [11FE], S1149 [26FE], S2056 [2AP], S2139 [3AP], S2927 [13MY], S3052, S3054 [15MY], S3996 [25JN], S4873 [24JY], S6435 [9DE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (S. 232), S48 [7JA], S2431 [29AP], S2933 [13MY]

——— repeal increase in threshold on the deduction for medical expenses, S3052 [15MY]

Vermont: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranking as State having healthiest children in the nation, S3925 [24JN]

Women: access to family planning and reproductive services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S1503 [11MR]

——— impact, S1502 [11MR]

Reports

Impact on Premiums for Individuals and Families With Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance From Guaranteed Issue and Renewal, and Fair Health Insurance Premiums Provisions of Affordable Care Act: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H1923–H1925 [25FE]

Labor Market Effects of the Affordable Care Act: CBO, H2886–H2888 [3AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 727) (H. Rept. 113–601), H7616 [16SE]

Consideration of H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 530) (H. Rept. 113–397), H2801 [1AP]

Consideration of H.R. 3362, Exchange Information Disclosure Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 455) (H. Rept. 113–322), H72 [8JA]

Consideration of H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 717) (H. Rept. 113–584), H7387 [9SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3811, Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 455) (H. Rept. 113–322), H72 [8JA]

Consideration of H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act and H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 497) (H. Rept. 113–373), H2147 [4MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 555) (H. Rept. 113–422), H3240 [28AP]

Employee Health Care Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3522) (H. Rept. 113–580), H7295 [8SE]

Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3979) (H. Rept. 113–360), H1937 [25FE]

Save American Workers Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2575) (H. Rept. 113–386), H2694 [26MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Insurance: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S2081 [2AP], S6738 [12DE]

Statements

Clarify Treatment of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Health Plans in Which Expatriates Are the Primary Enrollees: Senators Wyden, Hatch, Harkin, Alexander, Sessions, Carper, Toomey, Coons, and Rubio, S6772 [12DE]

Employee Health Care Protection Act: Executive Office of the President, H7416 [10SE]

Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act: Executive Office of the President, H3273 [29AP]

Jobs for America Act: Executive Office of the President, H7816 [18SE]

Minimum Wage Fairness Act: Laurie A. Palmer, S2413 [28AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Implementation Impact on Health Care, Coverage, Costs, and Accessibility, H7416 [10SE]

Save American Workers Act: Executive Office of the President, H2825 [2AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 121, correction in enrollment of H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H8652 [4DE]

H. Con. Res. 123, correction in enrollment of H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H8998 [10DE]

H. Res. 455, consideration of H.R. 3362, Exchange Information Disclosure Act, H87 [9JA]

H. Res. 455, consideration of H.R. 3811, Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act, H87 [9JA]

H. Res. 497, consideration of H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act and H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act, H2160 [5MR]

H. Res. 530, consideration of H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act, H2813 [2AP]

H. Res. 555, consideration of H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act, H3261 [29AP]

H. Res. 717, consideration of H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act, H7402 [10SE]

H. Res. 727, consideration of H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act, H7684 [18SE]

H. Res. 770, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H8369 [4DE]

H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act, H7773–H7807 [18SE]

H.R. 1814, Equitable Access to Care and Health (EACH) Act, H2273 [11MR]

H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act, H2821 [2AP]

H.R. 3362, Exchange Information Disclosure Act, H1219 [16JA]

H.R. 3474, Hire More Heroes Act, H2276 [11MR]

H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act, H7413 [10SE]

H.R. 3811, Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act, H139 [10JA]

H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, S2176–S2178 [7AP]

H.R. 3979, Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act, H2278 [11MR]

H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act, H2168 [5MR]

H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act, H3067 [9AP], H3266 [29AP]

H.R. 5185, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer reauthorization, H8889 [9DE]

S. 2629, Preventive Care Coverage Notification Act, S4622 [17JY]

S.J. Res. 35, disapprove IRS rule relative to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act individual mandate, S1831 [27MR]