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Health and Wellness
Making Quality Health Care Accessible to Every American
Senator Sessions is focused on finding ways to make health care more affordable, improve access to doctors and hospitals, and maintain the highest quality of care possible for the citizens of Alabama. Senator Sessions has expressed great concern regarding the impact of the uninsured on our nation's hospitals, and has supported legislation to address this serious problem.
Senator Sessions is also a strong advocate for restoring fairness to the federal funding formulas that have traditionally short-changed Alabama, such as the Medicare reimbursement rate for hospitals and the distribution of critical HIV/AIDS funding.
The following information is provided to assist constituents seeking information on health care reform legislation in the 111th Congress.
Final Health Care Reform Package
H.R. 3590, "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," Legislative Text, 2,074 pages
Approved by the U.S. Senate on December 24, 2010
Approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 21, 2010
H.R. 4872, "Health Care and Education Affordability Act of 2010," Reconciliation bill, 153 pages
Approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 21, 2010
Under consideration in the U.S. Senate, week of March 22, 2010
President Obama's Health Care Reform Proposal (Released Feb. 22, 2010)
House of Representatives
Affordable Health Care for America Act
Senate
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The 2,074 page health care reform bill in the Senate doesn’t fulfill Democrats’ promises of fiscally responsible reform that provides universal coverage and lowers American’s insurance premiums, U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said recently. For more details, please click here.
Furthermore, Sen. Sessions, after communicating with the Congressional Budget Office on December 23rd, unearthed billions of dollars in deficit spending, putting to rest claims by bill supporters that the legislation is "deficit neutral."
Background Information
Analysis of H.R. 3962
Analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Analysis of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and House Reconciliation bill
Summary of House Republican plan:
The Heritage Foundation “Backgrounder” on the health insurance exchange: http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/upload/bg_2304-2.pdf
A study of the “public option,” issued by the Cato Institute: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10382
Kaiser Family Foundation side-by-side comparison of the bills: http://www.kff.org/healthreform/sidebyside.cfm
Lewin Group Study on “Public Option”:
Other Proposals
Sen. Wyden (D-OR) / Sen. Bennett (R-UT) (Healthy Americans Act)
Sen. Coburn (R-OK) (Patients’ Choice Act, also introduced in the House as H.R. 2520 by Rep. Paul Ryan)
Sen. DeMint (R-SC) (Health Care Freedom Plan)
Sen. Gregg (R-NH) (Coverage, Prevention, Reform Plan)
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