Medicare for America Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 5/31/2019
Actions
- 2019-05-31Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- 2019-05-10Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
- 2019-05-02Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2019-05-01Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, 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.
- 2019-05-01Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, 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.
- 2019-05-01Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, 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.
- 2019-05-01Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, 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.
- 2019-05-01Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, 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.
- 2019-05-01Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, 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.
- 2019-05-01Introduced in House
- 2019-05-01Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-05-01 (00)
Medicare for America Act of 2019
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 2023. HHS must also offer a transitional public health option that provides certain minimum coverage through health insurance exchanges in 2021 and 2022.
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.
Cosponsors (20)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Joseph Kennedy (D-MA)
- WM. CLAY (D-MO)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
- Lori Trahan (D-MA)
- TIM RYAN (D-OH)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
- LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD (D-CA)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- BOBBY RUSH (D-IL)
- Brian Higgins (D-NY)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- DAVID PRICE (D-NC)
- LLOYD DOGGETT (D-TX)
- John Yarmuth (D-KY)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
Subjects
- Abortion
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Appropriations
- Child health
- Civil actions and liability
- Competition and antitrust
- Comprehensive health care
- Congressional officers and employees
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Corporate finance and management
- Dental care
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Disability and paralysis
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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