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Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, and for other purposes. 1/24/2007--Introduced. United States National Health Insurance Act (or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act) - Establishes the United States National Health Insurance (USNHI) Program (the Program) to provide all individuals residing in the United States and in U.S. territories with free health care that includes all medically necessary care, such as primary care and prevention, prescription drugs, emergency care, and mental health services. Prohibits an institution from participating in the Program unless it is a public or nonprofit institution. Allows nonprofit health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that actually deliver care in their own facilities to participate in the Program. Gives patients the freedom to choose from participating physicians and institutions. Prohibits a private health insurer from selling health insurance coverage that [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/16/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids. 5/16/2007--Introduced. Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit of up to $500 for the purchase of a qualified hearing aid for an individual who is either: (1) age 55 or older; or (2) is claimed as a dependent of the taxpayer.
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Latest Action: 07/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an AmeriCare that assures the provision of health insurance coverage to all residents, and for other purposes. 3/29/2007--Introduced. AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2007 - Adds a new title XXII to the Social Security Act (SSA) entitled "AmeriCare Health Benefits." Makes all U.S. residents eligible for AmeriCare benefits, including prescription drugs and biologicals. Requires the development of an AmeriCare enrollment mechanism that includes automatic enrollment at birth and the issuance of AmeriCare cards for identification and claims processing purposes.Provides that an individual may elect not to be enrolled for benefits under AmeriCare if the individual has health benefits coverage under a group health plan at least equivalent to AmeriCare coverage.Provides the same benefits under AmeriCare as are provided under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover hearing aids and auditory rehabilitation services under the Medicare Program. 4/18/2007--Introduced. Medicare Hearing Enhancement and Auditory Rehabilitation (HEAR) Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover hearing aids and auditory rehabilitation services under the Medicare program.
Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids. 5/15/2007--Introduced. Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit of up to $500 for the purchase of a qualified hearing aid for an individual who is either: (1) age 55 or older; or (2) is claimed as a dependent of the taxpayer.
Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to require coverage of hearing aids under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and private group and individual insurance. 1/17/2007--Introduced. Helping America Hear Act of 2007 - Requires each federal employee health benefits plan to provide coverage for at least two hearing aids every three years, except that such plan need not cover more than $2,500 for hearing aids for any individual in any three-year period. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan that provides hospital and surgical benefits to also provide such hearing aid coverage. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require health insurance offered in the individual market to provide such coverage.
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Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery. 7/11/2007--Introduced. Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act - Establishes the United States Health Service as an independent executive branch entity to provide health care and supplemental health services to all individuals within the United States. Requires the President to appoint members to a National Health Board to exercise the authority of the Service. Establishes an Office of the Inspector General for Health Services. Requires the Service to ensure that every individual is given certain basic health rights, including the right to receive high quality care and supplemental services from any facility within the Service capable of providing such services without charge and without discrimination. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2638) Bill TextA bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a minimum disability rating for veterans receiving medical treatment for a service-connected disability. 4/7/2008--Introduced. Veterans' Compensation Equity Act of 2008 - Requires that, for each veteran requiring continuous medication or the use of one or more adaptive devices (such as a hearing aid) prescribed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or other licensed health care provider for the treatment of a service-connected disability, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall assign a disability rating of not less than 10%.
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Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2638) Bill TextA bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a minimum disability rating for veterans receiving medical treatment for a service-connected disability. 4/7/2008--Introduced. Veterans' Compensation Equity Act of 2008 - Requires that, for each veteran requiring continuous medication or the use of one or more adaptive devices (such as a hearing aid) prescribed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or other licensed health care provider for the treatment of a service-connected disability, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall assign a disability rating of not less than 10%.
Also tagged in: Abortion, Access to health care, Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Aged, Ambulances, Ambulatory care, Auditing, Birth control, Bonds, Breast cancer, Budgets, Business, Capital budgets, Capitation (Medical care), Case management, Charitable contributions, Child health, Childbirth, Children, Chronically ill, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Civil service retirement, Clinical trials, Collection of accounts, Collective bargaining, Communication in medicine, Communications, Community health services, Comprehensive health care, Conflict of interests, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer complaints, Consumers, Continuing education, Corporation taxes, Curricula, Day care, Dental care, Department of Health and Human Services, Disabled, Disasters, Discrimination in medical care, Drugs, Education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Eminent domain, Employee health benefits, Employee rights, Employee selection, Employee training, Employment tests, Environmental health, Environmental monitoring, Environmental protection, Environmentally induced diseases, Epidemics, Epidemiology, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Eye care, Eyeglasses, Families, Federal aid to education, Federal employees, Federal preemption, Financial statements, Generic drugs, Geriatrics, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publications, Government publicity, Government trust funds, Grievance procedures, Health counseling, Health education, Health facilities, Health planning, Health policy, Higher education, Home care services, Hospital care, Hospitals, Human experimentation in medicine, Income tax, Industrial relations, Informed consent (Medical law), Inspectors general, Investment of public funds, Job hunting, Job training, Labor, Labor disputes, Law, Legal services, Licenses, Mastectomy, Maternal health services, Medical care, Medical economics, Medical education, Medical ethics, Medical instruments and apparatus, Medical malpractice, Medical personnel, Medical records, Medical research, Medical screening, Medical statistics, Medical supplies, Medical tests, Medicare, Medicine, Mental care facilities, Mental health services, Mental illness, Minorities, Minority health, National health insurance, Nursing homes, Occupational health and safety, Pain, Parent and child, Patient satisfaction, Patients' rights, Pensions, Personnel management, Pregnant women, Prescription pricing, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Preventive medicine, Promotions, Public lands, Public meetings, Quality of care, Regional medical programs, Reproduction, Right of privacy, Rural affairs, Rural health, Salaries, Scholarships, Science policy, Sick leave, Social security, Social security taxes, Social services, State and local government, Sterilization (Birth control), Strikes, Student employment, Student loan funds, Tax deductions, Tax exclusion, Tax rates, Taxation, Terminal care, Terminally ill, Transfer of employees, Translating and interpreting, Transportation, Welfare, Whistle blowing, Women, Women's health, Women's health services, Workers' compensation
Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery. 7/11/2007--Introduced. Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act - Establishes the United States Health Service as an independent executive branch entity to provide health care and supplemental health services to all individuals within the United States. Requires the President to appoint members to a National Health Board to exercise the authority of the Service. Establishes an Office of the Inspector General for Health Services. Requires the Service to ensure that every individual is given certain basic health rights, including the right to receive high quality care and supplemental services from any facility within the Service capable of providing such services without charge and without discrimination. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/16/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids. 5/16/2007--Introduced. Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit of up to $500 for the purchase of a qualified hearing aid for an individual who is either: (1) age 55 or older; or (2) is claimed as a dependent of the taxpayer.
Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids. 5/15/2007--Introduced. Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit of up to $500 for the purchase of a qualified hearing aid for an individual who is either: (1) age 55 or older; or (2) is claimed as a dependent of the taxpayer.
Latest Action: 04/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover hearing aids and auditory rehabilitation services under the Medicare Program. 4/18/2007--Introduced. Medicare Hearing Enhancement and Auditory Rehabilitation (HEAR) Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover hearing aids and auditory rehabilitation services under the Medicare program.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Aged, Aid to dependent children, Birth control, Budgets, Business, Case mix (Medical care), Cash welfare block grants, Child health, Children, Civil rights, Coinsurance, Consumer education, Consumers, Dental care, Department of Health and Human Services, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Drugs, Economic policy, Electronic data interchange, Employee health benefits, Executive departments, Eye care, Eyeglasses, Families, Federal aid to child health services, Federal employees, Federal preemption, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Government employees, Government employees' health insurance, Government information, Government paperwork, Government trust funds, Governmental investigations, Health information systems, Health insurance, Health insurance continuation, Health policy, Hospital care, Hospital rates, Identification devices, Indexing (Economic policy), Infants, Insurance premiums, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Labor, Law, Maternal health services, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical economics, Medical fees, Medical records, Medical tests, Medically uninsured, Medicare, Medicine, Mental health services, National health insurance, Obstetrics, Poor children, Poverty, Pregnant women, Prescription pricing, Preventive medicine, Sales promotion, Small business, Standards, State and local government, State laws, Supplemental security income program, Technology, Telecommunication, Vaccination, Vaccines, Welfare, Welfare recipients, Women
Latest Action: 07/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an AmeriCare that assures the provision of health insurance coverage to all residents, and for other purposes. 3/29/2007--Introduced. AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2007 - Adds a new title XXII to the Social Security Act (SSA) entitled "AmeriCare Health Benefits." Makes all U.S. residents eligible for AmeriCare benefits, including prescription drugs and biologicals. Requires the development of an AmeriCare enrollment mechanism that includes automatic enrollment at birth and the issuance of AmeriCare cards for identification and claims processing purposes.Provides that an individual may elect not to be enrolled for benefits under AmeriCare if the individual has health benefits coverage under a group health plan at least equivalent to AmeriCare coverage.Provides the same benefits under AmeriCare as are provided under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Accreditation (Medical care), Advice and consent of the Senate, Aged, Ambulatory care, Appropriations, Bonds, Budgets, Building construction, Capital budgets, Capital investments, Capitation (Medical care), Children, Chiropractic and chiropractors, Civil liberties, Clinics, Coinsurance, Community health services, Compensation (Law), Comprehensive health care, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumers, Dental care, Dentists, Department of Health and Human Services, Dislocated workers, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Drugs, Education, Electronic data interchange, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Excise tax, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Eye care, Federal aid to child health services, Federal aid to education, Federal-state relations, Finance, Generic drugs, Government information, Government paperwork, Government trust funds, Group medical practice, Health counseling, Health education, Health facilities, Health insurance, Health insurance portability, Health maintenance organizations, Health planning, Health policy, Hearing, Higher education, Home care services, Hospital care, Hospital rates, Hospitals, Identification devices, Income tax, Indian medical care, Indians, Insurance premiums, Investments, Investors, Job hunting, Job training, Labor, Law, Licenses, Long-term care, Long-term care insurance, Managed care, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical economics, Medical education, Medical fees, Medical instruments and apparatus, Medical personnel, Medical records, Medical residents, Medical supplies, Medically uninsured, Medicare, Medicine, Mental health services, Mental illness, Midwives, Minorities, Minority health, National health insurance, Nonprofit organizations, Nurse practitioners, Nursing homes, Occupational retraining, Occupational therapy, Optometry, Osteopathy and osteopaths, Patients' rights, Payroll deductions, Physicians, Physicians' assistants, Poor children, Prescription pricing, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Preventive medicine, Prosthesis, Psychologists, Public health, Quality of care, Right of privacy, Salaries, Social services, State and local government, State laws, Tax rates, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Unemployment insurance, Veterans, Veterans' medical care, Welfare, Withholding tax
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, and for other purposes. 1/24/2007--Introduced. United States National Health Insurance Act (or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act) - Establishes the United States National Health Insurance (USNHI) Program (the Program) to provide all individuals residing in the United States and in U.S. territories with free health care that includes all medically necessary care, such as primary care and prevention, prescription drugs, emergency care, and mental health services. Prohibits an institution from participating in the Program unless it is a public or nonprofit institution. Allows nonprofit health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that actually deliver care in their own facilities to participate in the Program. Gives patients the freedom to choose from participating physicians and institutions. Prohibits a private health insurer from selling health insurance coverage that [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to require coverage of hearing aids under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and private group and individual insurance. 1/17/2007--Introduced. Helping America Hear Act of 2007 - Requires each federal employee health benefits plan to provide coverage for at least two hearing aids every three years, except that such plan need not cover more than $2,500 for hearing aids for any individual in any three-year period. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan that provides hospital and surgical benefits to also provide such hearing aid coverage. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require health insurance offered in the individual market to provide such coverage.
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