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S 1201 115th Congress Senate

Health Care Options for All Act

Official title: A bill to allow individuals living in areas without qualified health plans offered through an Exchange to have similar access to health insurance coverage as M… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to allow individuals living in areas without qualified health plans offered through an Exchange to have similar access to health insurance coverage as Members of Congress and congressional staff.

Introduced: August 3, 2017 See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 22, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 22, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Care Options for All Act

This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that individuals eligible to purchase coverage through a health insurance exchange who reside where no exchange health plans are available may enroll in coverage offered in the small group market through the Washington, DC exchange.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2770 Identical bill Health Care Options for All Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Independent 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Aug 3, 2017
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Jun 28, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1201: Health Care Options for All Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1201/
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"S. 1201: Health Care Options for All Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1201/.
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S. 1201, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1201/.
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[S. 1201: Health Care Options for All Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1201/)
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