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HR 4789 111th Congress House Health Health care coverage and access Medicare

Public Option Act

Introduced: March 9, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 18, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 9, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 9, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1213-1214)
Mar 9, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Option Act or the Medicare You Can Buy Into Act - Amends part A of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize an option for any citizen or permanent resident of the United States to buy into Medicare.

What's happening now March 18, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 27
D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · May 18, 2010
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 18, 2010
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Mar 17, 2010
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 17, 2010
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 16, 2010
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 11, 2010
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Mar 11, 2010
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 11, 2010
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 11, 2010
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 11, 2010
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 11, 2010
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 11, 2010
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 11, 2010
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 11, 2010
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 9, 2010
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 9, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4789: Public Option Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4789/
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"H.R. 4789: Public Option Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4789/.
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H.R. 4789, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4789/.
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