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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Health care costs and insurance</title>
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  <updated>2013-05-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-13:/action/358576</id>
    <updated>2013-05-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.902 A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply the provisions of the Act to certain Congressional staff and members of the executive branch.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s902/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/358001</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply the provisions of the Act to certain Congressional staff and members of the executive branch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.908 Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s908/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/357962</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.862 Equitable Access to Care and Health Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s862/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-05:/action/357694</id>
    <updated>2013-05-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.197 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that supporting seniors and individuals with disabilities is an important responsibility of the United States, and that a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a strong home care workforce and making long-term services and supports affordable and accessible in communities is necessary to uphold the right of seniors and individuals with disabilities in the United States to a dignified quality of life.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-hr197/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-05:/action/357731</id>
    <updated>2013-05-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that supporting seniors and individuals with disabilities is an important responsibility of the United States, and that a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a strong home care workforce and making long-term services and supports affordable and accessible in communities is necessary to uphold the right of seniors and individuals with disabilities in the United States to a dignified quality of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1841 State Leadership in Health Care Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1841/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-05:/action/357645</id>
    <updated>2013-05-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.858 State Leadership in Health Care Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s858/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-05:/action/357789</id>
    <updated>2013-05-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.128 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that supporting seniors and individuals with disabilities is an important responsibility of the United States, and that a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a strong home care workforce and making long-term services and supports affordable and accessible in communities is necessary to uphold the right of seniors and individuals with disabilities in the United States to a dignified quality of life.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr128/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-05:/action/357715</id>
    <updated>2013-05-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that supporting seniors and individuals with disabilities is an important responsibility of the United States, and that a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a strong home care workforce and making long-term services and supports affordable and accessible in communities is necessary to uphold the right of seniors and individuals with disabilities in the United States to a dignified quality of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1767 Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1767/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357136</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1780 To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees are those created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or offered through a health insurance exchange.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1780/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357238</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees are those created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or offered through a health insurance exchange.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1814 Equitable Access to Care and Health Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1814/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357220</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1724 Kids First Research Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1724/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356809</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To eliminate taxpayer financing of presidential campaigns and party conventions and reprogram savings to provide for a 10-year pediatric research initiative through the Common Fund administered by the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1735 In It All Together Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1735/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356845</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for participation in the Exchange of the President, Vice President, and Executive cabinet officials in same manner as Members of Congress and Congressional staff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1698 Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1698/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356575</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1675 Ensuring Women's Access to Free-Market Healthcare Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1675/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356330</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit health plans without a deductible for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care to be treated as high deductible plans with respect to health savings accounts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.14 A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sc14/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-21:/action/356198</id>
    <updated>2013-04-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1645 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1645/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355932</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.764 Patients' Right to Know Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s764/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355834</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require the disclosure of information regarding how certain taxes and fees impact the amount of premiums, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1634 Medical FSA Improvement Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1634/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355969</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.773 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s773/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355879</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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