Healthy Americans Act

Bill: 110-hr-6444
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2008-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Case management
Child health
Chronically ill
Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug advertising
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee health benefits
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Flexible benefit plans
Fringe benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Government trust funds
Health education
Health information systems
Health insurance
Higher education
Hospital care
Income tax
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Long-term care
Long-term care insurance
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical education
Medical records
Medical research
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Poor children
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Retiree health benefits
School health programs
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax incentives
Tax refunds
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: 
Healthy Americans Act - Requires each adult to have the opportunity to purchase a Healthy Americans Private Insurance Plan (HAPI plan), which includes employer-sponsored health coverage. Makes individuals who are not enrolled in another specified health plan and who are not opposed to coverage for religious reasons responsible for enrolling themselves and their dependent children in a HAPI plan. Sets forth penalties for failure to enroll. 

Establishes standardized coverage and state options for HAPI plans. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate guidelines concerning the benefits, items, and services to be covered. Sets forth requirements for setting premiums. Requires the Secretary to establish the Healthy America Advisory Committee to provide annual recommendations concerning modifications to the benefits, items, and services required. Provides for premium subsidies based on income.

Authorizes states to establish a State Choices for Long-Term Care Program to provide long-term care coverage to individuals.

Requires the Secretary to establish Chronic Care Education Centers.

Requires states to establish or designate a state Health Help Agency to carry out the administration of HAPI plans and to promote prevention and wellness for residents.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require employers and individuals to each make shared responsibility payments for HAPI plan premiums.

Sets forth requirements for health insurance issuers offering a HAPI plan. 

Establishes the Healthy Americans Public Health Trust Fund for the payment of premium subsidies.

Terminates federal health benefits coverage, including coverage provided under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program, state Medicaid coverage, and the State Children's Health Insurance program (SCHIP).

Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act of 2007 (
sic
)- Provides for a Comparative Effectiveness Advisory Board and a Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2008-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2008-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2008-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2008-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2008-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: Introduced in House