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This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House.
Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.
Bill Sponsorship: Public Option Deficit Reduction Act
Source: H.R.191
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PPACA, known as ObamaCare] to require Exchanges to offer a public health insurance option that ensures choice, competition, and stability of affordable, high-quality coverage throughout the United States. Declares that the primary responsibility is to create a low-cost plan without compromising quality or access to care. Sets forth provisions related to the establishment and governance of the public health insurance option, including that such plan: - may be made available only through Exchanges;
- must comply with requirements applicable to other health benefits plans offered through such Exchanges; and
- must offer bronze, silver, and gold plan levels.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: - establish an office of the ombudsman for the public health insurance option;
- collect such data as may be required to establish premiums and payment rates;
- establish geographically adjusted premiums at a level sufficient to fully finance the costs of the health benefits provided and administrative costs related to the operation of the plan; and
- establish payment rates and provide for greater payment rates for the first three years.
Requires repayment of start-up costs for the public health insurance option. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize innovative payment mechanisms and policies to determine payments for items and services under the public health insurance option.
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 5.
Question 5: Expand ObamaCare
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Health Care
- Headline: Establish a public insurance option via healthcare Exchanges
(Score: 2)
- Headline 2: Sponsored bill for public insurance option
Participating counts on AmericansElect question 3.
- Headline: Establish a public insurance option via healthcare Exchanges
(Answer: B)
- Headline 2: Sponsored bill for public insurance option
(Answer: B)
- AmericansElect Quiz Question 3 on
Healthcare:
When you think about healthcare reform in the United States, which of the following solutions is closest to your opinion?
- A: The Government should be the sole provider of healthcare insurance
- B: The Government should have a major role in providing healthcare insurance
- C: The Government should have a limited role in providing healthcare insurance
- D: Only private companies should provide healthcare insurance
- E: Unsure
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Republicans
participating in 11-HR191 |
Independents
participating in 11-HR191 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
44
Republicans:
0
Independents:
0 |
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