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Latest Update: Tuesday, December, 02nd 2008
To provide for comprehensive health reform. 5/1/2008--Introduced. Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to allow individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs paid.Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations and which meet certain ERISA certification requirements. Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that the laws of the state designated by a health insurance issuer (primary state) shall apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that issuer in the primary state and in any other state (secondary state), but only if the coverage and issuer comply with certain requirements.Promoting Health for Future Generations Act of 2008 [...] show full description
- 05/19/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 05/05/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 05/01/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 05/01/2008 - Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- 05/01/2008 - Referred to House Education and Labor
show all actions- 05/19/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 05/05/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 05/01/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 05/01/2008 - Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- 05/01/2008 - Referred to House Education and Labor
- 05/01/2008 - Referred to House Judiciary
- 05/01/2008 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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