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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (16753)	4/13/2010 11:24:21 AM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Well it looks like a pretty new bill that was introduced by a Democrat... H.R. 4700: Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2010 111th CongressThis is a bill in the U.S. Congress originating in the House of Representatives ("H.R."). A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate and then be signed by the President before it becomes law. Bill numbers restart from 1 every two years. Each two-year cycle is called a session of Congress. This bill was created in the 111th Congress, in 2009-2010. The titles of bills are written by the bill's sponsor and are a part of the legislation itself. GovTrack does not editorialize bill summaries. Track H.R. 4700 This feed includes all major activity on this bill and its amendments, references in the Congressional Record, and relevant upcoming committee meetings. Preview Feed > To provide for transparency in health care pricing, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI8]show cosponsors (54) Cosponsors: Eleanor Norton [D-DC] Robert Andrews [D-NJ1] Joe Baca [D-CA43] Melissa Bean [D-IL8] Xavier Becerra [D-CA31] Leonard Boswell [D-IA3] Bruce Braley [D-IA1] Steve Cohen [D-TN9] John Conyers [D-MI14] Kathleen Dahlkemper [D-PA3] Danny Davis [D-IL7] Lincoln Davis [D-TN4] Peter DeFazio [D-OR4] Rosa DeLauro [D-CT3] Sam Farr [D-CA17] Bill Foster [D-IL14] Alan Grayson [D-FL8] Raul Grijalva [D-AZ7] Luis Gutiérrez [D-IL4] Phil Hare [D-IL17] Alcee Hastings [D-FL23] Paul Hodes [D-NH2] Jesse Jackson [D-IL2] Patrick Kennedy [D-RI1] Ron Klein [D-FL22] Dennis Kucinich [D-OH10] John Larson [D-CT1] John Lewis [D-GA5] Daniel Lipinski [D-IL3] David Loebsack [D-IA2] Betty McCollum [D-MN4] Michael Michaud [D-ME2] Scott Murphy [D-NY20] Richard Neal [D-MA2] James Oberstar [D-MN8] William Pascrell [D-NJ8] Ed Perlmutter [D-CO7] Thomas Perriello [D-VA5] Collin Peterson [D-MN7] Chellie Pingree [D-ME1] Jared Polis [D-CO2] Bobby Rush [D-IL1] John Sarbanes [D-MD3] Janice Schakowsky [D-IL9] Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH1] Louise Slaughter [D-NY28] Adam Smith [D-WA9] Bart Stupak [D-MI1] John Tierney [D-MA6] Christopher Van Hollen [D-MD8] Peter Welch [D-VT] Lynn Woolsey [D-CA6] David Wu [D-OR1] John Yarmuth [D-KY3] Text: Full Text Status: Introduced Feb 25, 2010 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee ... House Vote ... Senate Vote ... Signed by President ... This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Apr 6, 2010 6:58AM] Last Action: Feb 25, 2010: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform Related: See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms that have been applied to this bill. Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned