Seniors' Fairness Act of 2014
Latest action · Jun 13, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedMar 11, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Seniors' Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) part C (Medicare+Choice) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare Advantage Improvement Fund.
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to terminate reduced cost-sharing for individuals enrolling in qualified health plans beginning in plan year 2015.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 11, 2014 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 14, 2014 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 11, 2014 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 11, 2014 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Jun 13, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Mar 14, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 11, 2014Introduced in House
- Mar 11, 2014Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2302.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 113-127 | KEEPING THE PROMISE: ALLOWING SENIORS TO KEEP THEIR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS IF THEY LIKE THEM142 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Mar 13, 2014 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to eliminate Exchange cost-sharing subsidies, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create a Medicare Advantage Improvement Fund, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Seniors' Fairness Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 11, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
