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HR 5664 111th Congress House

High-Risk Pool Fairness Act

Official title: To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to permit certain individuals losing their COBRA continuation coverage to have access to the… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to permit certain individuals losing their COBRA continuation coverage to have access to the high-risk health insurance pool program established under such title.

Introduced: July 14, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 1, 2010
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 Latest action July 1, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

High-Risk Pool Fairness Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to allow otherwise qualified individuals to enroll in a state's high risk health insurance pool if such an individual's maximum length of COBRA coverage (health insurance continuation benefits) has expired in the six months before applying for coverage in such pool or will expire within 30 days of applying for coverage in such pool. (Currently, only individuals without creditable coverage for six months are eligible for such pools.)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
Hare, Phil
· Jul 27, 2010
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 14, 2010
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jul 14, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5664: High-Risk Pool Fairness Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5664/
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"H.R. 5664: High-Risk Pool Fairness Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5664/.
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H.R. 5664, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5664/.
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