Health Care

Health Care Legislative Timeline

• The Heritage Foundation has a detailed timeline (PDF) how the policy is scheduled to be implemented between 2010 and 2017
   
• American companies such as John Deere, Caterpillar, Verizon, and Medtronic who have cited this legislation as the source for increasing costs, jeopardizing both jobs and health benefits. View The House Ways and Means Committee timeline (PDF) which lists out the major provisions in the bill.

Legislation Status:
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate version of the health care bill, H.R. 3590and its companion reconciliation bill, which were both signed by the President and are public law.

Documents
Reconciliation Bill now online

Analysis
Bill to require up to 16,500 new IRS Agents to enfore new taxes and penalties

Backroom Deals In the Democrats Health Care Takeover - Cornhusker Kickback, Louisiana Purchase and Gator Aid all included

Poll
Do you believe Congressional Democrats should use whatever means necessary to pass their health care bill?
Yes
No

Do you support the Senate health care bill that just passed the House on Sunday?
No
Yes

 
Senate Plan
**Facts: Senate Bill Still a Government Takeover of Health Care 
**CMS Report on Senate Bill (PDF)

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Republican Health Care Reform
Congressman McKeon is a member of the House Republican Health Care Solutions Group which has outlined a health care reform alternative, which would: 

• Make quality health care coverage affordable and accessible for every American, regardless of pre-existing health conditions.
• Protect Americans from being forced into a new government-run health care plan that would eliminate the health care coverage that more than 100 million Americans currently receive through their job. 
• Let Americans who like their health care coverage keep it, and give all Americans the freedom to choose the health plan that best meets their needs. 
• Ensure that medical decisions are made by patients and their doctors, not government bureaucrats. 
• Improve Americans’ lives through effective prevention, wellness, and disease management programs, while developing new treatments and cures for life-threatening diseases.