Health Care Reform Proposals Pending in Congress
Source: AARP.org | September, 2009
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Updates From Washington
- Read health care reform legislation pending in Congress
- Read CBO cost estimates for health care legislation
- June 2009 MedPac report to Congress
- Independent Analyses: Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan research organization, compares health-reform proposals pending in Congress.
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Myths VS. Facts
- Politifact, an independent, Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking Web site, evaluates claims made about the impact of health care reform
- Factcheck.org, a project of the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center
- Health Care Reform: The Assault on Truth
- Senate Patient Protection Affordable Care Act as amended and passed (December 24, 2009)
- Senate Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (November 18, 2009)
- Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) as passed on 11/7
- Rep. Dingell amendment to H.R. 3962 and summary
- Rep. Boehner amendment to H.R. 3962 (November 4)
- The Manager's Amendment for the House health reform is legislation and available on the Rules' Committee website
- Read H.R. 3692 – Affordable Health Care for America Act as Introduced on October 29,2009
- Read H.R. 3961 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009
- Read markup of House Energy & Commerce Committee version of HR 3200, completed on September 23, 2009
- Read Senate Finance Committee S1679: Affordable Health Choices Act
- Read Senate Finance Committee S1796: America's Healthy Future Act
- Read about the House "tri-committee" bill, HR 3200, as introduced on July 14, 2009.
- Read about the version of HR 3200 reported by the House Ways and Means Committee on July 17, 2009.
- Read the amendments to HR 3200 adopted by the House Education and Labor Committee on July 15-17, 2009.
- Read the amendments to HR 3200 adopted by House Energy and Commerce Committee on July 17-31, 2009.
- Read the Senate bill "Affordable Health Choices Act" passed by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on July 15, 2009.
- Read the bills by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
- Read the "Empowering Patients First Act" (HR 3400), a bill sponsored by Rep. Thomas Price, R-Ga.
