AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5886
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2006-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aid to dependent children
Case mix (Medical care)
Cash welfare block grants
Child health
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coinsurance
Commerce
Consumer education
Dental care
Department of Health and Human Services
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Employee health benefits
Eye care
Eyeglasses
Families
Family planning and birth control
Federal aid to child health services
Federal employees
Federal preemption
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Health information systems
Health insurance
Health insurance continuation
Hearing aids
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Identification devices
Indexing (Economic policy)
Infants
Insurance premiums
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Law
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medical records
Medical tests
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Mental health services
National health insurance
Obstetrics
Poor children
Poverty
Pregnant women
Prescription pricing
Preventive medicine
Sales promotion
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Social Welfare
Standards
State laws
Supplemental security income program
Vaccination
Welfare recipients
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-25
text: 
 AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2006 - Adds a new title XXII to the Social Security Act (SSA) entitled &quot;AmeriCare Health Benefits.&quot; Makes all U.S. residents eligible for AmeriCare benefits, including prescription drugs and biologicals. Requires the development of an AmeriCare enrollment mechanism that includes automatic enrollment at birth and the issuance of AmeriCare cards for identification and claims processing purposes.
 
Provides that an individual may elect not to be enrolled for benefits under AmeriCare if the individual has health benefits coverage under a group health plan at least equivalent to AmeriCare coverage.
 
Provides the same benefits under AmeriCare as are provided under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of SSA title XVIII (Medicare).
 
Provides additional AmeriCare coverage to children under age 24, pregnant women, and low-income individuals. 
 
Establishes the AmeriCare Trust Fund.
 
Requires the modification of Medicaid (SSA title XIX), SCHIP (SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program), and other federal health programs to avoid their duplication of AmeriCare coverage. 
 
Provides for the regulation of AmeriCare supplemental policies.

Establishes the general obligations for individuals and employers for the cost of health insurance coverage provided under this Act. 

Provides for additional premium subsidies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2006-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1530-1531)
action_date: 2006-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-25
text: Introduced in House