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Base text: HR 3962 as posted for Rules
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert thefollowing:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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(a) S
HORT
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ITLE
.—This Act may be cited as the
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‘‘Affordable Health Care for America Act’’.
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(b) P
URPOSE
.—The purpose of this Act is to take
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meaningful steps to lower health care costs and increase
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access to health insurance coverage (especially for individ-
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uals with preexisting conditions) without—
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(1) raising taxes;
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(2) cutting Medicare benefits for seniors;
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(3) adding to the national deficit;
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(4) intervening in the doctor-patient relation-
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ship; or
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(5) instituting a government takeover of health
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care.
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(c) T
ABLE OF
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ONTENTS
.—The table of contents of
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this Act is as follows:
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Sec.1.Short title; purpose; table of contents.
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DIVISION A—MAKING HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AFFORDABLEFOR EVERY AMERICANTITLE I—ENSURING COVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS AND MULTIPLE HEALTH CARE NEEDSSec.101.Establish universal access programs to improve high risk pools andreinsurance markets.Sec.102.Elimination of certain requirements for guaranteed availability in in-dividual market.Sec.103.No annual or lifetime spending caps.Sec.104.Preventing unjust cancellation of insurance coverage.TITLE II—REDUCING HEALTH CARE PREMIUMS AND THENUMBER OF UNINSURED AMERICANSSec.111.State innovation programs.Sec.112.Health plan finders.Sec.113.Administrative simplification.DIVISION B—IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARETITLE I—EXPANDING ACCESS AND LOWERING COSTS FOR SMALLBUSINESSESSec.201.Rules governing association health plans.Sec.202.Clarification of treatment of single employer arrangements.Sec.203.Enforcement provisions relating to association health plans.Sec.204.Cooperation between Federal and State authorities.Sec.205.Effective date and transitional and other rules.TITLE II—TARGETED EFFORTS TO EXPAND ACCESSSec.211.Extending coverage of dependents.Sec.212.Allowing auto-enrollment for employer sponsored coverage.TITLE III—EXPANDING CHOICES BY ALLOWING AMERICANS TOBUY HEALTH CARE COVERAGE ACROSS STATE LINESSec.221.Interstate purchasing of Health Insurance.TITLE IV—IMPROVING HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTSSec.231.Saver’s credit for contributions to health savings accounts.Sec.232.HSA funds for premiums for high deductible health plans.Sec.233.Requiring greater coordination between HDHP administrators andHSA account administrators so that enrollees can enroll in both at the same time.Sec.234.Special rule for certain medical expenses incurred before establish-ment of account.DIVISION C—ENACTING REAL MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORMSec.301.Encouraging speedy resolution of claims.Sec.302.Compensating patient injury.Sec.303.Maximizing patient recovery.Sec.304.Additional health benefits.Sec.305.Punitive damages.
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Sec.306.Authorization of payment of future damages to claimants in healthcare lawsuits.Sec.307.Definitions.Sec.308.Effect on other laws.Sec.309.State flexibility and protection of states’ rights.Sec.310.Applicability; effective date.DIVISION D—PROTECTING THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIPSec.401.Rule of construction.Sec.402.Repeal of Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effective-ness Research.DIVISION E—INCENTIVIZING WELLNESS AND QUALITYIMPROVEMENTSSec.501.Incentives for prevention and wellness programs.DIVISION F—PROTECTING TAXPAYERSSec.601.Provide full funding to HHS OIG and HCFAC.Sec.602.Prohibiting taxpayer funded abortions and conscience protections.Sec.603.Improved enforcement of the Medicare and Medicaid secondary payerprovisions.Sec.604.Strengthen Medicare provider enrollment standards and safeguards.Sec.605.Tracking banned providers across State lines.DIVISION G—PATHWAY FOR BIOSIMILAR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTSSec.701.Approval pathway for biosimilar biological products.Sec.702.Amendments to certain patent provisions.
DIVISION A—MAKING HEALTH
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CARE COVERAGE AFFORD-
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ABLE FOR EVERY AMERICAN
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TITLE I—ENSURING COVERAGE
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FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PRE-
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EXISTING CONDITIONS AND
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MULTIPLE HEALTH CARE
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NEEDS
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SEC. 101. ESTABLISH UNIVERSAL ACCESS PROGRAMS TO
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IMPROVE HIGH RISK POOLS AND REINSUR-
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ANCE MARKETS.
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(a) S
TATE
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EQUIREMENT
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