H.R.5918 - SHOP Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible. as introduced.
  • Short: SHOP Act as introduced.
  • Short: Small Business Health Options Program Act of 2008 as introduced.

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08/16/09
Health care reform? What happened to this plan?

healthcare. The news was – as usual – full of the latest information about the health care debate that’s been raging for, oh, at least a few months now. It seems the Obama administration is backing off the so-called public option – that

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12/18/08
NFIB.com - Report on the 110th Congress: Small Business Setbacks

The SHOP Act (H.R. 5918) and the Health Care Choice Act (H.R. 2355), which sought to improve access to and affordability of quality heathcare for small business. The National Health Information Incentive Act (H.R. 1952), ...

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08/17/08
Silver Top Graphics | Microbusiness News Briefs

Some of them, like the SHOP Act (S. 2795, H.R. 5918), attempt to do both. The bill is the product of intense bipartisan negotiation between Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senators Blanche Lincoln (D-AK), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), ...

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05/21/08
New Jersey REALTORS® Emphasize Housing Message on Capitol Hill

NJAR® indicated its support of H.R. 5918, the Small Business Health Insurance Options Program Act of 2008 (SHOP) sponsored by Representative John Barrow (D-GA), saying it makes health insurance more affordable, predictable and ...

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05/20/08
NAR's Midyear Meeting in Washington Yields Success and Pushes for ...

A companion bill, HR 5918, has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman John Barrow (D-Georgia-12). Determining the fate of major legislation, especially during an election year, is an inexact science, ...

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05/17/08
NAR Members & Our Concerns Were Heard by Congress Last Week

WASHINGTON — It’s not enough for House and Senate lawmakers to pass legislation that will help bring health back to the housing industry; they have to fashion bills that can go the distance and get President Bush’s signature. ...

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05/14/08
Message to Congress: Go the Distance

A House companion bill, HR 5918, was introduced shortly after the Senate bill. “We have a tall order ahead of us,” NAR Chief Lobbyist Jerry Giovaniello, said candidly at the forum. But thanks to NAR’s bipartisan approach to all of its ...

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04/30/08
Health Plans

He favors a national health plans that would provide Medicare to everyone Health Plans HR 5918 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the ...

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04/27/08
HR 5918, To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a ...

HR 5918 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more ...

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04/27/08
Bill Action: Introduced: HR 5918: To amend the Public Health ...

John Barrow [D-GA] introduced HR 5918: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and ...

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