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The party of no?

Posted: September 16th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: National | Tags: | 1 Comment »

H.R. 77: Health Care Incentive Act
Sponsor: Darrell E. Issa (CA-49)
Introduced: 2009-01-06
To provide for a credit for certain health care benefits in determining the minimum wage.

H.R. 109: America’s Affordable Health Care Act of 2009
Sponsor: Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1)
Introduced: 2009-01-06
To provide for the offering of Health Benefit Plans to individuals, to increase funding for State high risk health insurance pools, and to promote best practice protocols for State high risk pools.

H.R. 164: Seniors’ Health Care Freedom Act of 2009
Sponsor: Ron Paul (TX-14)
Introduced: 2009-01-06
To provide greater health care freedom for seniors.

H.R. 198: Health Care Tax Deduction Act of 2009
Sponsor: Cliff Stearns (FL-6)
Introduced: 2009-01-06
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals.

H.R. 270: TRICARE Continuity of Coverage for National Guard and Reserve Families Act of 2009
Sponsor: Robert E. Latta (OH-5)
Introduced: 2009-01-07
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the Retired Reserve.

H.R. 321: SCHIP Plus Act of 2009
Sponsor: Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1)
Introduced: 2009-01-08
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to expand coverage options under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) through premium assistance.

H.R. 464: More Children, More Choices Act of 2009
Sponsor: Tom Price (GA-6)
Introduced: 2009-01-13
To provide for a 5-year SCHIP reauthorization for coverage of low-income children, an expansion of child health care insurance coverage through tax fairness, and a health care Federalism initiative, and for other purposes.

H.R. 502: Health Care Freedom of Choice Act
Sponsor: Michele Bachmann (MN-6)
Introduced: 2009-01-14
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve health care choice by providing for the tax deductibility of medical expenses by individuals.

H.R. 544: Flexible Health Savings Act of 2009
Sponsor: Edward R. Royce (CA-40)
Introduced: 2009-01-14
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow amounts in a health flexible spending arrangement that are unused during a plan year to be carried over to subsequent plan years or deposited into certain health or retirement plans.

H.R. 917: [NO TITLE]
Sponsor: Brett Guthrie (KY-2)
Introduced: 2009-02-09
To increase the health benefits of dependents of members of the Armed Forces who die because of a combat-related injury.

H.R. 1086: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009
Sponsor: Phil Gingrey (GA-11)
Introduced: 2009-02-13
To improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.

H.R. 1118: Health Care Choices for Seniors Act
Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (TN-7)
Introduced: 2009-02-23
To amend the Social Security Act to improve choices available to Medicare eligible seniors by permitting them to elect (instead of regular Medicare benefits) to receive a voucher for a health savings account, for premiums for a high deductible health insurance plan, or both and by suspending Medicare late enrollment penalties between ages 65 and 70.

H.R. 1441: Ryan Dant Health Care Opportunity Act of 2009
Sponsor: Kenny Marchant (TX-24)
Introduced: 2009-03-11
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to permit certain Medicaid eligible individuals who have extremely high annual lifelong orphan drug costs to continue on Medicaid notwithstanding increased income.

H.R. 1458: Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2009
Sponsor: Dave Camp (MI-4)
Introduced: 2009-03-12
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement to coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the Medicare Program that have received a kidney transplant and whose entitlement to coverage would otherwise expire, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1468: Medical Justice Act of 2009
Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (TX-26)
Introduced: 2009-03-12
To provide health care liability reform, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1658: Veterans Healthcare Commitment Act of 2009
Sponsor: Todd Tiahrt (KS-4)
Introduced: 2009-03-19
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the recovery by the United States of charges from a third party for hospital care or medical services furnished to a veteran for a service-connected disability.

H.R. 1891: Sunset of Life Protection Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rodney Alexander (LA-5)
Introduced: 2009-04-02
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction for half of an individual’s long-term care insurance premiums.

H.R. 2520: Patients’ Choice Act
Sponsor: Paul Ryan (WI-1)
Introduced: 2009-05-20
To provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States, and for other purposes.

S. 1099: Patients’ Choice Act
Sponsor: Tom Coburn (OK)
Introduced: 2009-05-20
A bill to provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2607: Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2009
Sponsor: Sam Johnson (TX-3)
Introduced: 2009-05-21
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.

H.R. 2692: CAH Designation Waiver Authority Act of 2009
Sponsor: Mac Thornberry (TX-13)
Introduced: 2009-06-03
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals under the Medicare Program.

H.R. 2784: Partnership to Improve Seniors Access to Medicare Act
Sponsor: Mac Thornberry (TX-13)
Introduced: 2009-06-10
To establish a loan repayment program for qualifying physicians and nurse practitioners participating in the Medicare Program.

H.R. 2785: Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009
Sponsor: Mac Thornberry (TX-13)
Introduced: 2009-06-10
To reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2786: Patient Fairness and Indigent Care Promotion Act of 2009
Sponsor: Mac Thornberry (TX-13)
Introduced: 2009-06-10
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the ability of medical professionals to practice medicine and provide quality care to patients by providing a tax deduction for patient bad debt.

H.R. 2787: Medical Liability Procedural Reform Act of 2009
Sponsor: Mac Thornberry (TX-13)
Introduced: 2009-06-10
To provide grants to States for health care tribunals, and for other purposes.

S. 1324: Health Care Freedom Act of 2009
Sponsor: Jim DeMint (SC)
Introduced: 2009-06-23
A bill to ensure that every American has a health insurance plan that they can afford, own, and keep.

H.R. 3141: Strengthening the Health Care Safety Net Act of 2009
Sponsor: John Sullivan (OK-1)
Introduced: 2009-07-09
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a DSH redistribution pool from unexpended Medicaid DSH allotments in order to increase Medicaid DSH allotments for low DSH States and to provide grants for health access networks serving the uninsured.

H.R. 3217: Health Care Choice Act of 2009
Sponsor: John B. Shadegg (AZ-3)
Introduced: 2009-07-14
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.

H.R. 3218: Improving Health Care for All Americans Act
Sponsor: John B. Shadegg (AZ-3)
Introduced: 2009-07-14
To provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and to assist in the establishment of high risk pools.

S. 1459: Health Care Choice Act of 2009
Sponsor: Jim DeMint (SC)
Introduced: 2009-07-16
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.

H.R. 3356: Medicare Beneficiary Freedom to Choose Act of 2009
Sponsor: Sam Johnson (TX-3)
Introduced: 2009-07-28
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the use of private contracts by Medicare beneficiaries for professional services and to allow individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare part A benefits.

H.R. 3372: Health Care OverUse Reform Today Act (HealthCOURT Act)
Sponsor: Tom Price (GA-6)
Introduced: 2009-07-29
To establish Medicare performance-based quality measures, to establish an affirmative defense in medical malpractice actions based on compliance with best practices guidelines, and to provide grants to States for administrative health care tribunals.

H.R. 3400: Empowering Patients First Act
Sponsor: Tom Price (GA-6)
Introduced: 2009-07-30
To provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3438: Access to Insurance for all Americans Act
Sponsor: Darrell E. Issa (CA-49)
Introduced: 2009-07-31
To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3454: Medicare Hospice Reform and Savings Act of 2009
Sponsor: John Sullivan (OK-1)
Introduced: 2009-07-31
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform payments and coverage for hospice care under the Medicare Program.

H.R. 3478: Patient-Controlled Healthcare Protection Act of 2009
Sponsor: Louie Gohmert (TX-1)
Introduced: 2009-07-31
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules relating to health savings accounts, to provide payments for a health savings account and for a high deductible health plan instead of entitlement to benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP, to give more control and coverage to patients, to lower health care costs through increased price transparency, and to require immigrants to have a health savings account and high deductible health coverage at time of admission.