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HRES 215 109th Congress House Health Access to health care Employee health benefits Finance and Financial Sector Health insurance Labor and Employment Medical economics Medical savings accounts Medically uninsured Patients' rights

Recognizing the need to move the Nation's current health care delivery system toward a defined contribution system.

Introduced: April 14, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Jun 22, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4903)
Apr 29, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Apr 22, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 21, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 14, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.
Apr 14, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Recognizes that: (1) the current third-party model of health care delivery is expensive and prevents individuals from having immediate control and ownership over critical health care decisions; (2) the current model's flaws contribute to the number of uninsured in the United States; and (3) defined contribution plans provide patients greater power to select their health care provider and preferred treatment.

Recommends that Congress move the Nation's current health care delivery system toward a defined contribution system.

What's happening now June 22, 2005

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4903)

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Oct 18, 2005
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jun 28, 2005
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Carter, John R.
Texas · May 12, 2005
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Apr 26, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 215: Recognizing the need to move the Nation's current health care delivery system toward a defined contribution system.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-215/
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"H. Res. 215: Recognizing the need to move the Nation's current health care delivery system toward a defined contribution system.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-215/.
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H. Res. 215, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-215/.
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