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HR 676 112th Congress House

Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act

Official title: To provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 6, 2011 See on congress.gov
Health Advisory bodiesAppropriationsComprehensive health careDepartment of Health and Human Services
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Feb 18, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 16, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
Feb 14, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 11, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 11, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 18, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act - Establishes the Medicare for All Program to provide all individuals residing in the United States and U.S. territories with free health care that includes all medically necessary care, such as primary care and prevention, dietary and nutritional therapies, prescription drugs, emergency care, long-term care, mental health services, dental services, and vision care.

Prohibits an institution from participating unless it is a public or nonprofit institution. Allows nonprofit health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that deliver care in their own facilities to participate.

Gives patients the freedom to choose from participating physicians and institutions.

Prohibits a private health insurer from selling health insurance coverage that duplicates the benefits provided under this Act. Allows such insurers to sell benefits that are not medically necessary, such as cosmetic surgery benefits.

Sets forth methods to pay institutional providers of care and health professionals for services. Prohibits financial incentives between HMOs and physicians based on utilization.

Establishes the Medicare for All Trust Fund to finance the Program with amounts deposited: (1) from existing sources of government revenues for health care; (2) by increasing personal income taxes on the top 5% income earners; (3) by instituting a modest and progressive excise tax on payroll and self-employment income; (4) instituting a modest tax on unearned income; and (5) by instituting a small tax on stock and bond transactions. Transfers and appropriates to carry out this Act amounts that would have been appropriated for federal public health care programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP).

Requires the Medicare for All Program to give first priority in retraining and job placement and employment transition benefits to individuals whose jobs are eliminated due to reduced administration.

Requires creation of a confidential electronic patient record system.

Establishes a National Board of Universal Quality and Access to provide advice on quality, access, and affordability.

Provides for: (1) the eventual integration of the Indian Health Service into the Program; and (2) evaluation of the continued independence of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health programs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 676: Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-676/
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