reserving the independence of Americans' health care decisions, free from any and all government coercion and other denial of their constitutional rights, is the hallmark of almost all Republican alternatives to the Demøfascist Pølitburø misleaders' Øfascist"Care" bills shovings down our throats.
Many of the major Republican alternatives are arranged into a comprehensive whole by the proposed bill below. Follow the links to the House and Senate bills cited under its titles and subtitles to read the applicable legislative language. (Bills containing the same or very similar language are in parentheses.)
A Bill
To expand freedom and enhance security with respect to the individual health care choices of every citizen and legal residence of the United States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short Title; Table of Divisions, Titles, and Subtitles.
(a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Health Freedom and Security Act of 2009”.
(b) Table of Divisions and Titles.—This Act is divided into divisions, titles, and subtitles as follows:
Division A—Interstate Health Insurance
Title I—Interstate Insurers
Title II—Interstate Compacts
Division B—Individual Health Savings
Title I—Health Freedom
Subtitle A—No Requirement to Purchase Health Insurance or to Participate in Medicare
Subtitle B—Income Tax Deductions for Medical Expenses
Subtitle C—Health Savings Accounts Expansion
Subtitle D—Medicare Alternative Voucher
Subtitle E—Individual Membership Associations
Title II—Health Security
Subtitle A—Medical Expenses Voucher
Subtitle B—Pre-Existing Conditions Assistance
Subtitle C—Independent Reviews of Terminated Coverage
Subtitle D—High Prescription Drug Costs Assistance
Subtitle E—Child Health Assistance Alternatives
Subtitle F—Community Health Centers Funding
Subtitle G—Federal Data Quality and Accountability
Subtitle H—Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
Division C—Informed Health Consumers
Title I—Provider and Insurance Information
Title II—Health Plan and Provider Portal Websites
Title III—Claim Information Reports
Division D—Inimical Health Litigation
Title I—Medical Liability Reforms
Subtitle A—Speedy and Equitable Resolutions of Disputes
Subtitle B—State Tribunals for Resolving Disputes
Title II—Liability Protections
Subtitle A—Affirmative Defense Based on Best Practices Compliance
Subtitle B—Community Health Center Volunteers
Subtitle C—Health Services in Emergency Areas
Subtitle D—Food and Dietary Supplement Healthfulness Claims
Division E—Increased Health Workforce
Title I—Medical Student Incentives
Title II—Nursing Student Incentives
Title III—Cost-Effective Coordination and Delivery of Services
Title IV—Payments to Providers
Subtitle A—Physician Payment Reform
Subtitle B—Bad Debt Deduction for Doctors
Subtitle C—Negotiations with Health Plans
Division A—Interstate Health Insurance
Title I—Interstate Insurers
[
H.R. 3400, §301 (
H.R. 3713, §§131-2;
H.R. 3889, §401;
S. 1324, §§201-4);
H.R. 3067, §211]
Title II—Interstate Compacts
[
H.R. 3824]
Division B—Individual Health Savings
Title I—Health Freedom
Subtitle A—No Requirement to Purchase Health Insurance or to Participate in Medicare
[
H.R. 2629;
H.R. 164]
Subtitle B—Income Tax Deductions for Medical Expenses
[
H.R. 502;
H.R. 198;
H.R. 1495, §§2-3, 5;
H.R. 3610 (
H.R. 3776);
H.R. 3508;
H.R. 3822]
Subtitle C—Health Savings Accounts Expansion
[
H.R. 3713, §§401 et seq.;
H.R. 1495, §4]
Subtitle D—Medicare Alternative Voucher
[
H.R. 1118;
H.R. 3889, §201]
Subtitle E—Individual Membership Associations
[
H.R. 3400, §221 (
H.R. 3218, §201;
H.R. 3713, §111)]
Title II—Health Security
Subtitle A—Medical Expenses Voucher
[
cf. “Voucherize It!” Liberal Utopia, July 12, 2009]
Subtitle B—Pre-Existing Conditions Assistance
[
H.R. 3713, §101;
H.R. 3218, §301;
H.R. 3400, §211;
S. 1324, §211]
Subtitle C—Independent Reviews of Terminated Coverage
[
H.R. 3713, §141]
Subtitle D—High Prescription Drug Costs Assistance
[
H.R. 1441]
Subtitle E—Child Health Assistance Alternatives
[
H.R. 3400, §403]
Subtitle F—Community Health Centers Funding
[
H.R. 3713, §311]
Subtitle G—Federal Data Quality and Accountability
[
H.R. 3400, §§801-2]
Subtitle H—Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
[
H.R. 3400, §§1231 et seq.;
H.R. 2785;
H.R. 3713, §305, 601-5]
Division C—Informed Health Consumers
Title I—Provider and Insurance Information
[
S. 1324, §§301-2;
H.R. 2249]
Title II—Health Plan and Provider Portal Websites
[
H.R. 3400, §901]
Title III—Claim Information Reports
[
H.R. 3400, §701]
Division D—Inimical Health Litigation
Title I—Medical Liability Reforms
Subtitle A—Speedy and Equitable Resolutions of Disputes
[
H.R. 3400, §§501-13 (
H.R. 1086;
H.R. 3713, §§501-11);
S. 1324, §§121 et seq.]
Subtitle B—State Tribunals for Resolving Disputes
[
H.R. 3400, §514 (
H.R. 3372, §4)]
Title II—Liability Protections
Subtitle A—Affirmative Defense Based on Best Practices Compliance
[
H.R. 3400, §515 (
H.R. 3372, §3)]
Subtitle B—Community Health Center Volunteers
[
H.R. 3713, §§521 (
H.R. 3400, §404)]
Subtitle C—Health Services in Emergency Areas
[
H.R. 3400, §405]
Subtitle D—Food and Dietary Supplement Healthfulness Claims
[
H.R. 3395]
Division E—Increased Health Workforce
Title I—Medical Student Incentives
[
H.R. 3400, §§1101, 1111]
Title II—Nursing Student Incentives
[
H.R. 3067, §§501 et seq.]
Title III—Cost-Effective Coordination and Delivery of Services
[
H.R. 3713, §§621]
Title IV—Payments to Providers
Subtitle A—Physician Payment Reform
[
H.R. 3400, §1001]
Subtitle B—Bad Debt Deduction for Doctors
[
H.R. 3400, §516]
Subtitle C—Negotiations with Health Plans
[
H.R. 1493]
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