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9/27/2007--Introduced.<br/>Federal Health Care Board Act of 2007 - Establishes the Federal Health Care Board as an independent agency in the executive branch.<br/>Requires the Board to: (1) ensure that Americans have access to health insurance and are provided certain basic facts about health care services prior to receiving care; (2) ensure that providers are delivering safe, evidence-based, high quality care and are transparent about pricing through disclosure of actual costs; (3) demand transparency for disclosure of actual costs and pricing from providers and payers through an information clearinghouse; (4) establish a national standard for a basic health insurance plan (including a basic minimum policy and the regional cost for such policy), a national protocol and standard for secure, universal, and individual electronic medical records, a national standard for public health services (including safety net providers), loan forgiveness and scholarship programs for health care providers who serve in underserved areas, and model dispute resolution procedures for malpractice claims that states may adopt; and (5) monitor progress toward those objectives.<br/>Directs the Board's Board of Governors to establish 12 regions of the United States. Establishes in each region a Regional Board, based in a major city, to provide the Board of Governors with considerations that are relevant to their region's population.<br/>

1190865600 2007-09-27 Fri Nov 07 16:42:52 -0600 2008 introduced 46436 'bill':2 'care':12 'board':13 'feder':10 'health':11 'provid':4 'establish':7 52491 false official introduced 46436 'act':5 '2007':7 'care':3 'board':4 'feder':1 'health':2 53424 false short introduced 46436 1190865600 Thu Sep 27 00:00:00 -0500 2007 130881 H001028 1946-10-04 Charles 'charl':1,3,6 'chuck':5 'hagel':2,4,7 M 300050 Hagel Chuck_Hagel T. Charles Hagel Chuck N00005301 6108 Republican Episcopalian Charles Hagel 3.66666666666667 introduced 46436 1190865600 Thu Sep 27 00:00:00 -0500 2007 130881 action 46436 1190865600 Thu Sep 27 00:00:00 -0500 2007 130882 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.