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
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6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4903)