American Health Benefits Program Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4256
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2005-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative fees
Advice and consent of the Senate
Age
Armed Forces and National Security
Capitation (Medical care)
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coinsurance
Commerce
Comprehensive health care
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Cost effectiveness
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Economics and Public Finance
Excise tax
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Income tax
Indian medical care
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Law
Managed care
Marketing
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Military medicine
Minorities
Native Americans
Patient satisfaction
Payroll deductions
Poor children
Pregnant women
Prescription pricing
Presidential appointments
Quality of care
Reinsurance
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Subsidies
Surveys
Tax credits
Tax exemption
Tax returns
Taxation
Veterans' medical care
Withholding tax
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: 
American Health Benefits Program Act of 2005 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish under a new title XXII (American Health Benefits Program) a program to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage to all Americans who are: (1) not covered under certain federal health insurance programs; and (2) not eligible for employer-provided insurance coverage. Requires provision of such coverage in a manner similar to that in which coverage has been provided to Members of Congress, federal government employees, retirees, and their dependents under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
 
Establishes in the Treasury an American Health Benefits Program Trust Fund.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose on every employer an excise tax equal to the applicable percentage of the wages paid employees; and (2) allow a tax credit to certain individuals equal to the sum of the aggregate amount of premiums paid (other than government contributions) with respect to the individual's coverage, and the applicable premium subsidy for any eligible individual. 
 
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to provide for an increase in the federal Medicaid assistance percentage (FMAP) for American Health Benefits Program-covered services.
 
Terminates the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under SSA title XXI upon the initiation of the American Health Benefits Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House