HR 103 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Health Care Choices for Seniors Act

Introduced Jan 5, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Marsha Blackburn R-TN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 1, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 5, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Health Care Choices for Seniors Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivor's and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a procedure under which an individual otherwise entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of SSA title XVIII (Medicare) may waive such entitlement and be automatically enrolled in the Medicare Alternative Voucher Program (MAV Program).

Directs the Secretary to establish the MAV Program, under which a voucher may be used as a contribution into a health savings account and for the payment of enrollment premiums under a high deductible health plan.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the itemized deduction for health savings accounts by the amount of the MAV that is contributed to an individual's health savings account.

Suspends Medicare late enrollment penalties for an individual between ages 65 and 70.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 5, 2011 to Jan 19, 2011, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TNDavid P. RoeOriginalJan 5, 2011
R-INMike PenceOriginalJan 5, 2011
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalJan 5, 2011
R-TXRon PaulOriginalJan 5, 2011
R-CADana RohrabacherJan 7, 2011
R-CODoug LambornJan 12, 2011
R-NCVirginia FoxxJan 12, 2011
R-LAJohn FlemingJan 19, 2011

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 1, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jan 14, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jan 5, 2011Introduced in House
  4. Jan 5, 2011Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 5, 2011Introduced in House

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