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HR 1234 114th Congress House

Medical Freedom Act of 2015

Official title: To restore to States the freedom and flexibility to regulate health insurance markets, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 15, 2015 See on congress.gov
Health Comprehensive health careHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessIncome tax exclusion
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 29, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 4, 2015
Introduced in House
Mar 4, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
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 Latest action April 29, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medical Freedom Act of 2015

This bill repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 relating to health insurance, health savings accounts, and health flexible spending accounts, including provisions prohibiting annual or lifetime limits on benefits, requiring preventive care without cost sharing, requiring dependent coverage until age 26, prohibiting preexisting condition exclusions, guaranteeing availability and renewability of coverage, and prohibiting payments for over-the-counter medications from health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements. Provisions of law amended by those provisions are restored as if PPACA and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 had not been enacted.

“Qualified health plan” is expanded to include any health plan. Currently, a health plan must provide essential health benefits and meet other requirements to be a qualified health plan. (Under PPACA, qualified health plans are sold on health insurance exchanges, are eligible for premium subsidies, and fulfill an individual's requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage.)

A qualified health plan is allowed to provide coverage through any qualified direct primary care medical home plan. Currently, in such an arrangement, the qualified direct primary care medical home plan must coordinate its services with the qualified health plan and meet other requirements.

Dental plans no longer need to provide pediatric dental benefits to be offered on a health insurance exchange.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2650 Related bill RESCUE America's Health Care Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Republican 9
Brat, Dave
· Jun 12, 2015
 R
Loudermilk, Barry
Georgia · May 19, 2015
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · May 15, 2015
 R
Allen, Rick W.
Georgia · May 12, 2015
Pittenger, Robert
· May 12, 2015
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · May 12, 2015
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 12, 2015
 R
Zinke, Ryan K.
Montana · Apr 28, 2015
 R
Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Apr 22, 2015
Hensarling, Jeb
· Apr 21, 2015
 R
Westerman, Bruce
Arkansas · Apr 15, 2015
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Apr 13, 2015
Blum, Rod
· Mar 16, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1234: Medical Freedom Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1234/
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"H.R. 1234: Medical Freedom Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1234/.
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H.R. 1234, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1234/.
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