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S 685 110th Congress Senate

Reform Health Care Now Act

Official title: A bill to establish an expedited procedure for congressional consideration of health care reform legislation.

Introduced: February 26, 2007 See on congress.gov
Congress Access to health careExpedited congressional procedureHealthHealth insurance
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Feb 26, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2233-2234)
Feb 26, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2233)
Feb 26, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action February 26, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2233-2234)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reform Health Care Now Act - Requires the chairs of specified congressional committees, within 30 calendar days after the commencement of the session of Congress following the enactment of this Act, to each introduce a bill to provide a significant increase in access to health care coverage. Authorizes the ranking minority party member of a committee to introduce such a bill if the chair fails to do so.

Sets forth expedited consideration procedures for a bill introduced under this Act if: (1) its title reads "to reform the health care system of the United States and to provide insurance coverage for Americans"; (2) it reaches the goal of providing health care coverage to 95% of Americans within 10 years; and (3) it is deficit neutral.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Feb 26, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 685: Reform Health Care Now Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-685/
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"S. 685: Reform Health Care Now Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-685/.
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S. 685, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-685/.
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