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S. 1572 111th Congress Senate

A bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of…

Official title: A bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care.

Introduced: August 4, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Aug 5, 2009
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 152.
Aug 4, 2009
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Aug 4, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action August 5, 2009

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 152.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider legislation that: (1) eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor; or (2) decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care.

Suspends such point of order upon certification by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that the legislation does not cause such actions.

Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • SRES 238 Identical bill A resolution to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of American…
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1572: A bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1572/
MLA
"S. 1572: A bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1572/.
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S. 1572, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1572/.
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[S. 1572: A bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1572/)
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