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Making Health Care Available for Low Income Workers Act of 2003

Introduced: July 25, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Aug 8, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Jul 25, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 25, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Making Health Care Available for Low-Income Workers Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to States for demonstration programs to reduce the premiums for health benefits coverage under group health plans for individuals: (1) who are eligible for benefits under a State's Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) program (or, at the State's option, who would be so eligible but for their eligibility or coverage under a group health plan); and (2) whose income does not exceed 185 percent of the income official poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved.

What's happening now August 8, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 25, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2947: Making Health Care Available for Low Income Workers Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2947/
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"H.R. 2947: Making Health Care Available for Low Income Workers Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2947/.
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H.R. 2947, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2947/.
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