Summaries courtesy of Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD @MSingletonMDJD
On January 22, 2015, Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH) with 31 cosponsors introduced and referred to the House Ways and Means Committee H.R. 519, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates. Text not yet available. Bill can be followed at: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr519
On January 21, 2015, the Senate joins the House in introducing another bill to kill the ACA’s individual mandate. On January 21, 2015, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) with 22 co-sponsors introduced and referred to Senate Finance Committee introduced S. 203, a bill to restore Americans’ individual liberty by striking the Federal mandate to purchase insurance.
Text not yet available. Bill may be followed at: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s203
A catch-all bill was introduced and referred to the Senate Finance Committee on January 13, 2015 by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), S. 157, the No Obamacare Mandate Act, a bill to repeal the medical device tax and the employer and individual responsibility requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Full text at: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s157/text
On Jan 13, 2015, Rep. James Renacci (R-OH) introduced and referred to the House Ways and Means Committee H.R. 290, Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior (CARES) Act of 2015. Although this is a bill designed to reduce expenses for patients, it expands government involvement in medical care. This bill would eliminate the 3-day prior hospitalization requirement for Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility services. In other words, coverage would be provided for an individual services in a skilled nursing facility that are not post-hospital extended care services.
Full text at: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr290/text
