HR 6117
115th Congress
House
Health
Abortion
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Comprehensive health care
Consumer affairs
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Sex and reproductive health
Choose Medicare Act
Introduced: June 14, 2018
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 19, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jun 26, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 14, 2018
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.
Jun 14, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Choose Medicare Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish public health plans that are available on health insurance markets, subject to specified requirements; the bill also makes a series of changes related to health insurance costs, including alterations to cost-sharing provisions and the authority to negotiate prices under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.