H.R. 4242 (112th): Ensuring Quality Health Care for All Americans Act of 2012

Introduced:
Mar 22, 2012 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV3]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 2165 on May 23, 2013. See H.R. 2165 for current action on this subject.

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Status

This bill was introduced on March 22, 2012, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Mar 22, 2012
Referred to Committee Mar 22, 2012
Cosponsors
1 cosponsors (1R) (show)
Committees

House Appropriations

House Education and the Workforce

House Energy and Commerce

House House Administration

House Natural Resources

House Rules

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Full Title

To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide individual and group market reforms to protect health insurance consumers, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Mar 22, 2012.
40 pages

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Library of Congress Summary

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3/22/2012--Introduced.
Ensuring Quality Health Care for All Americans Act of 2012 - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and restores provisions of law amended by such Act or provisions.
Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010 and restores provisions of law amended by such Act's health care provisions.
Revises Public Health Service Act provisions concerning health insurance coverage to require each health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage in the group market (currently, individual or group market) in a state to accept every employer and every individual in a group (currently, every employer and every individual) in the state applying for such coverage.
Prohibits a group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage from imposing:
(1) any preexisting condition exclusion with respect to such plan or coverage, or
(2) lifetime or annual limits.
Requires dependent coverage beyond age 18 until the first of either a dependent turning 26, marrying, or no longer residing at home.
Requires plans to offer catastrophic coverage and sets forth coverage requirements.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to States for planning for the establishment and implementation of health insurance risk adjustment mechanisms.
Sets forth provisions limiting the liability of health care providers.

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  • 28 U.S.C. Chapter 171