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Health Issues HCR

Implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (P.L. 111-152); NHLBI appropriations

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Section 4191 of the Internal Revenue Code, enacted by section 1405 of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-152 (124 Stat. 1029 (2010)), in conjunction with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148 (124 Stat. 119 (2010)) (jointly, the ACA) imposing an excise tax on the sale of certain medical devices by the manufacturer, producer, or importer of the device in an amount equal to 2.3 percent of the sale price.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (P.L. 111-152)

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Torts TOR

Blood center inclusion in bill H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accesible, Low-Cost, Timely Health Care Act

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 5 (112th)