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Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009

Introduced: January 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 111th Congress (2009–2010) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jan 7, 2009
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 4.
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S45)
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009 - Calls for Congress to enact, and the President to sign, legislation to guarantee health coverage, improve health care quality and disease prevention, and reduce health care costs for all Americans and the health care system.

What's happening now January 7, 2009

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 4.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jan 6, 2009
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jan 6, 2009
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jan 6, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4: Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-4/
MLA
"S. 4: Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-4/.
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S. 4, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-4/.
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[S. 4: Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-4/)
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