Health care reform (SEE: Popular Documents category for House Manager's Amendment and other health care reform documents) (click title to entry)
The Harkin Bill (click here)
S.1679
Title: An original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce.
OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED: An original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce.
Text: It is not the same as the short version or the House Bill. It is published here by sections. (click here) Six titles including definitions. It is a huge bill.
The Harkin Bill looks, to me, to be a better bill. It looks from the summary as if it strongly resembles the House Bill.
The Baucus Bill (click here)
S.1796
Title: An original bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.
SUMMARY AS OF: 10/19/2009--Introduced.
America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new title XXII (Health Insurance Coverage) to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable and essential health benefits coverage.
Text: This doesn't have titles.(click here) Each section is labeled a 'Parts' because they are amending the SSI Act.
It looks like the short version was abandoned. I guess the Senate is going to consolidate the two no different than the House consolidated three. I hate to guess.
Later.
