What is Happening with Proposed Reforms?

Other Bills, (updated 12/08/09)

There are two major health care reform bills being considered in Congress. The first is Sub H.R. 3590, which is titled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Substitute H.R. 3590. The second bill is H.R. 3962 and is titled the House of Representative's Healthcare Reform Bill.

In addition to the major pieces of legislation being considered, several other bills regarding healthcare reform have been submitted in both houses of Congress.  While it doesn't appear that any of these bills will be fully considered, it is possible that components of these bills might be used in the final legislation.  Also, several of these bills address certain aspects of healthcare and may be voted on separately from major healthcare reform bills.

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This is a list of existing bills as of December 8, 2009.

U.S. Senate

1. Senate Finance Chairman's Mark ("Baucus Bill")
2. S. 1679—Kennedy Bill
3. S. 391—Healthy Americans Act
   • Introduced February 5, 2009, by Wyden (D-OR)
   • To provide portable, affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier 
   • http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:s.00391:
4. S. 441—Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2009
   • Introduced February 13, 2009, by Whitehouse (D-RI)
   • To encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of health care in the health care system
   • http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.441:
5. S. 486—Access for All America Act
   • Introduced February 26, 2009, by Sanders (D-VT)
   • To achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs.
   • http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:s.00486:
6. S. 698—State-Based Health Care Reform Act
   • Introduced March 25, 2009, by Feingold (D-WI)
   • To ensure the provision of high-quality health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care
   • http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.698:
7. S. 1240—Roadmap of America's Future Act of 2009
   • Introduced June 11, 2009, by DeMint (R-SC)
   • To provide for the reform of health care, the Social Security system, the tax code for individuals and business, and the budget process.
   • http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:s.01240:

House Bills

1. H.R. 3200—House Tri-Committee Bill
2. H.R. 1296—Access for All America Act
   • Introduced March 3, 2009, by Clyburn (D-SC)
   • To achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs.
   • http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.01296:

H.R. 1468—Medical Justice Act of 2009

• Introduced March 12, 2009, by Burgess (R-TX)
• To provide health care liability reform, and for other purposes.
• http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.01468:

H.R. 1495—Comprehensive Health Care Reform of 2009

• Introduced March 12, 2009, by Paul (R-TX)
• To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make health care coverage more accessible and affordable.
• http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.01495

• H.R. 3158—Place Based Health Care Act of 2009
  • Introduced July 9, 2009 by Sarbanes (D-MD)
  • To reform health care delivery by providing incentives for place-based health care, which seeks to bring health services to the patient by locating community health centers, federally qualified health centers, and community integrated health centers in or near settings that already serve a particular target population, such as schools, workplaces, and senior services facilities.
  • http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.03158:
1. H.R. 3372—Health Care Overuse Reform Today Act (HealthCOURT) of 2009
   • Introduced July 29, 2009, by Price (R-GA)
   • To establish Medicare performance-based quality measures, to establish an affirmative defense in medical malpractice actions based on compliance with best practices guidelines, and to provide grants to States for administrative health care tribunals.
   • http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.03372: