H.R. 9655 · 117th Congress
Medicare for America Act of 2019
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4 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill establishes several health insurance programs and otherwise modifies certain requirements relating to health care coverage, costs, and services.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Dec 21, 2022
Medicare for America Act of 2019 [sic]
This bill establishes several health insurance programs and otherwise modifies certain requirements relating to health care coverage, costs, and services.
In particular, the bill establishes a national health insurance program to be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Among other requirements, the program must (1) cover all U.S. residents; (2) cover specified items and services, including hospital services, prescription drugs, dental services, and home- and community-based long-term care; and (3) be fully implemented in 2026. HHS must also offer a transitional public health option that provides certain minimum coverage through health insurance exchanges in 2024 and 2025.
The bill also makes a series of other changes to health care and tax provisions. For example, the bill (1) allows federal funds to be used for abortions; (2) sunsets a specified tax reform law that, among other things, repealed the penalty for failing to maintain minimum essential health coverage; and (3) prohibits excessive prices for prescription drugs and medical devices, as determined by a newly established federal regulatory board.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Medicare for America Act of 2019
Latest action (Dec 21, 2022): Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Education and Labor, and House Administration, 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.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Dec 21, 2022
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.