I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1841 
To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide for an AmeriCare that assures the provision of health insur-
ance coverage to all residents, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2007 
Mr. STARK (for himself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Ms. CARSON, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 
Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 
PASTOR, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. 
WAXMAN, and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committees on Ways and Means and Education and Labor, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to provide for an AmeriCare that assures 
the provision of health insurance coverage to all resi-
dents, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—HEALTH CARE ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFITS 
Sec. 101. Eligibility and benefits. 
‘‘TITLE XXII—AMERICARE HEALTH BENEFITS 
‘‘PART A—ELIGIBILITY 
‘‘Sec. 2201. Eligibility. 
‘‘Sec. 2202. Enrollment and AmeriCare cards. 
‘‘PART B—BENEFITS 
‘‘Sec. 2221. Scope of benefits. 
‘‘Sec. 2222. Exclusions. 
‘‘PART C—PAYMENT FOR BENEFITS AND FINANCING 
‘‘Sec. 2241. Payments for benefits. 
‘‘Sec. 2242. AmeriCare Trust Fund. 
‘‘PART D—ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION 
‘‘Sec. 2251. Requirement for entitlement verification system. 
‘‘Sec. 2252. Requirements for uniform claims and electronic claims data 
set. 
‘‘Sec. 2253. Electronic medical records and reporting. 
‘‘Sec. 2254. Uniform hospital cost reporting. 
‘‘Sec. 2255. Health service provider defined. 
‘‘PART E—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 2261. Definitions relating to beneficiaries and income. 
‘‘Sec. 2262. Incorporation of certain medicare provisions and other provi-
sions. 
‘‘Sec. 2263. State maintenance of effort payments. 
‘‘Sec. 2264. Modification of medicaid and other programs to avoid duplica-
tion of benefits. 
‘‘Sec. 2265. Construction regarding continuation of obligations under cur-
rent group health plan contracts and provision of addi-
tional benefits. 
‘‘Sec. 2266. Standards and requirements for AmeriCare supplemental poli-
cies. 
TITLE II—FINANCING PROVISIONS 
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Subtitle A—Individual Contributions 
Sec. 201. General obligation for individuals. 
Sec. 202. Additional premium subsidies. 
Sec. 203. Effective date. 
Subtitle B—Employer Contributions 
Sec. 211. General obligation for employers. 
Sec. 212. Effective date. 
TITLE I—HEALTH CARE 
ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFITS 
SEC. 101. ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Social Security Act is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new title: 
‘‘TITLE XXII—AMERICARE HEALTH BENEFITS 
‘‘PART A—ELIGIBILITY 
‘‘SEC. 2201. ELIGIBILITY. 
‘‘(a) UNIVERSAL ELIGIBILITY FOR RESIDENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sec-
tion 2263(a), each individual who is a resident of 
the United States is entitled to health insurance 
benefits under this title. 
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR BENEFITS.—This 
title shall apply to items and services furnished on 
or after January 1, 2010. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY GROUPS.—For purposes 
of this title, an individual described in subsection (a) may 
obtain special benefits under this title on the basis of one 
or more of the following special eligibility groups: 
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