S.391 - Healthy Americans Act

A bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: A bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away. as introduced.
  • Short: Healthy Americans Act as introduced.

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2/5/2009--Introduced.Healthy Americans Act - Requires each adult individual to have the opportunity to purchase a Healthy Americans Private Insurance Plan (HAPI), which is: (1) a plan offered by a state; or (2) an employer-sponsored health coverage plan. Makes individuals who are not enrol
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2/5/2009--Introduced.Healthy Americans Act - Requires each adult individual to have the opportunity to purchase a Healthy Americans Private Insurance Plan (HAPI), which is:
(1) a plan offered by a state; or
(2) an employer-sponsored health coverage plan. Makes individuals who are not enrolled in another specified health plan and who are not opposed to coverage for religious reasons responsible for enrolling themselves and their dependent children in a HAPI plan offered through their state of residence. Sets forth penalties for failure to enroll. Establishes standardized coverage and state options for HAPI plans. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate guidelines concerning the benefits, items, and services to be covered. Sets forth requirements for setting premiums. Requires the Secretary to establish the Healthy America Advisory Committee to provide annual recommendations concerning modifications to the benefits, items, and services required. Provides for school-based health centers.Authorizes states to establish and operate a State Choices for Long-Term Care Program. Requires the Secretary to establish Chronic Care Education Centers.Requires states to establish or designate a state Health Help Agency to carry out the administration of HAPI plans and to promote prevention and wellness for residents.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require employers and individuals to each make shared responsibility payments for HAPI plan premiums.Sets forth requirements for health insurance issuers offering a HAPI plan.Establishes the Healthy Americans Public Health Trust Fund for the payment of:
(1) premium subsidies; and
(2) bonuses to states for implementing medical malpractice reform.Terminates federal health benefits coverage, including coverage provided under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

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11/04/10
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S.391 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”), as amended by the Financial Services Act 2010 (“the 2010 Act”) gave the FSA power to publish ...

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09/29/09
RE: S.391

The ray of sunlight, which first appears in the official record at 11:30 am, interrupted debate over S. 391, a proposal to provide underprivileged felines ...

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09/22/09
TSV 1858 mit zwei Siegen und einer Niederlage

... J. 410, Thiele, L. 364 - Schubert, M. 440, Haußner, P. 361 - Abel, K. 392, Hellrung, D. 431 - Nasarek, S. 391, Frühauf, Th. 404 - Scherf, H. 408.

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01/02/11
Archivalia: Soll Hessen ein Schatzregal einführen?

[Festschrift] Walter Heinemeyer, hrsg. von Peter Rück, Marburg 1992, S. 391-410. [19] Ebd., S. 405. [20] Joseph L. Sax, Playing Darts with a Rembrandt. Public and Private Rights in Cultural Treasures, Ann Arbor 1999, S. 185. ...

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12/27/10
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Ackroyd, Blake, S. 391 ^ Marsha Keith Schuchard, warum Frau Blake rief: Swedenborg, Blake und der sexuellen Grundlage der spirituellen Vision, S. 1-20 ^ "Friends of Blake Homepage". ...

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12/24/10
Mission Gamma I: Zwielicht

Die hier aufgeführten zahlreichen Erwähnungen von „Medikit“ (S. 334, S. 347, S. 388, S. 389, S. 391, S. 394 und S. 466) erinnern schließlich zu sehr an die schrecklichen „Medo“-Kombinationen der alten Star-Trek-Übersetzungen des ...

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