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Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act

Introduced: May 20, 2020 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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May 20, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 20, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pay the out-of-pocket expenses of individuals receiving medically-necessary care or services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Specifically, the bill covers the costs for services provided through public or private health insurance and to uninsured individuals, including prescription drugs and care related to COVID-19, beginning on the date of enactment of this bill until a COVID-19 vaccine is widely available to the public.

Health insurance plans are prohibited from increasing the cost-sharing requirements of plans while this program is in effect and HHS must report to Congress on the program on a weekly basis.

What's happening now May 20, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 4490 Related bill Make Billionaires Pay Act
  • HR 8020 Related bill Make Billionaires Pay Act
  • HR 6906 Identical bill Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jun 29, 2020
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · May 20, 2020
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · May 20, 2020
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 20, 2020
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · May 20, 2020
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · May 20, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3790: Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3790/
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"S. 3790: Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3790/.
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S. 3790, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3790/.
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