ACA Legislative History

Debate on Amendment SA 2791, 155 Cong. Rec. S12025 (Dec. 1, 2009) (statement of Sen. Boxer); id., at S12027 (statement of Sen. Gillibrand); id., at S12028 (statement of Sen. Mikulski); id., at S12052 (statement of Sen. Franken); id., at S12059 (statement of Sen. Cardin); ibid. (statement of Sen. Feinstein).

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Debate on, among other things, Amendment SA 2808 to SA 2791, 155 Cong. Rec. S12119-S12120, S12151-S12152 (Dec. 2, 2009)

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155 Cong. Rec. S12107 (Dec. 2, 2009) (Sen. Grassley) (57 percent to get subsidies, 14 million won’t get them)

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Text of Amendment SA 2808 to SA 2791, 155 Cong. Rec. S12166 (Dec. 2, 2009)

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Debate on Amendment SA 2791, 155 Cong. Rec. S12265-12278 (Dec. 3, 2009). Proponents of the Women’s Health Amendment specifically anticipated that HRSA would require coverage of family planning services. See, e.g.,155 Cong. Rec. S12271 (Dec. 3, 2009) (statement of Sen. Franken); id., at S12274 (statement of Sen. Murray).

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155 Cong. Rec. S12358 (Dec. 4, 2009) (Sen. Bingaman) (Exchange and tax credits in every State)

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155 Cong. Rec. S12378 (Dec. 4, 2009) (Sen. Enzi) (57 percent to get subsidies)

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155 Cong. Rec. S12543-44 (Dec. 6, 2009) (Sen. Coburn) (impacts on Oklahoma, including doubts about running Exchange)

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Amendment SA 2939 (Dec. 6, 2009)

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155 Cong. Rec. S12764 (Dec. 9, 2009) (Sen. Baucus) (tax credits will help ensure that 93% of Americans will see premiums decrease)

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155 Cong. Rec. S12779 (Dec. 9, 2009) (Sen. Durbin) (if you are making less than $80,000 a year, we will help you)

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155 Cong. Rec. S12799 (Dec. 9, 2009) (Sen. Johnson) (Exchange and tax credits in every State)

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155 Cong. Rec. S13375 (Dec. 17, 2009) (Sen. Johnson) (Exchange and tax credits in every State)

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SA 3276 to SA 2786 as introduced, 12/19/2009

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155 Cong. Rec. S13559 (Dec. 20, 2009) (Sen. Durbin) (15 million to get coverage through Exchange and subsidies)

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155 Cong. Rec. S13687 (Dec. 21, 2009) (Sen. Coburn) (9-10 million people to be dropped by employers)

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155 Cong. Rec. S13726 (Dec. 22, 2009) (Sen. Hatch) (states being coerced into regulating)

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155 Cong. Rec. S13832 (Dec. 23, 2009) (Sen. Baucus) (states not being coerced)

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Republican senators’ references to CBO’s estimate that large employers would pay $28 billion in tax penalties, 11/19/09 through 12/21/09

Republican Senators’ references to CBO’s $28 billion estimate

H.R. 3590 as it passed the Senate, 12/24/09

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Legislation — House side

Text of H.R. 3200 as reported to the House, July 14, 2009

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H.R. Rep. No. 111-299 Part I (Energy and Commerce)

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H.R. Rep. No. 111-299 Part II (Ways and Means)

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H.R. Rep. No. 111-299 Part III (Education and Labor)

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Text of H.R. 3200 as reported in the House, October 14, 2009

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H.R. 3962 as it passed the House, November 7, 2009

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Legislative history — between Senate passage and reconciliation

Doggett letter, 1/11 [?]/10

Doggett letter

Commonwealth Fund comparison, ?referred to in Doggett letter?, 10/09 and 1/7/10

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NPR story on Doggett letter, 1/12/10
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122476051

Rep. Doggett on House floor, 156 Cong. Rec. H1865 (March 21, 2010)

Doggett House floor

House Republican presentation on ACA, 156 Cong. Rec. H177-H183 (Jan. 19, 2010)

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Health care meetings, February 25, 2010

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Letter from Pres. Obama to legislative leaders, March 2, 2010

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Legislative history — Senate side, March 2010

Joint Committee on Taxation, Technical Explanation of Revenue Provisions (March 21, 2010)

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156 Cong. Rec. S1835 (March 23, 2010) (Sen. Conrad)

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156 Cong. Rec. S1841-44 (March 23, 2010) (Sen. Leahy)

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156 Cong. Rec. S1860 (March 23, 2010) (Sen. Murkowski)

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156 Cong. Rec. S1948 (March 24, 2010) (Sen. Baucus)

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156 Cong. Rec. S1962 (March 24, 2010) (Sen. Feingold)

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Legislative history — House side, March 2010

House Energy & Commerce paper on Exchanges (March 20, 2010)

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156 Cong. Rec. H1871 (March 21, 2010) (Rep. Carolyn Maloney)

Maloney federal fallback

156 Cong. Rec. H2207 (March 22, 2010) (Rep. Michael Burgess)

Burgess federal fallback

156 Cong. Rec. H2423-H2424 (March 25, 2010) (Rep. Henry Waxman)

Waxman federal fallback

Legislative history — HCERA

H.R. Rep. No. 111-443, March 17, 2010

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H.R. 4872 as finally enrolled and passed the Senate, March 25, 2010

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Public Law 111-148

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Public Law 111-152

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Compiled PPACA

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Text of sections of the Act that refer to Exchanges

Sections of the Act that refer to Exchanges

Text of sections or subsections of the Act that refer to premium tax credits or 36B

Places where the Act refers either to premium tax credits or to section 36B

Text of sections of the Act principally at issue in the litigation

Here are most of the statutes principally at issue in the premium tax credit litigation, with the cost sharing statute

Administrative implementation, 3/2010-12/2011

Obama remarks in Portland, Maine, 4/1/2010

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Appropriations hearing, 4/21/2010

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HHS request for comments, 8/3/2010

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IRS request for comments, shared employer responsibility, 5/23/2011

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HHS proposed regulations, 7/15/2011

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HHS proposed regulations, 8/17/2011

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IRS proposed regulations, 8/17/2011

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Link to comments on IRS proposed regulations
Comments on proposed IRS regulations

IRS second request for comments, shared employer responsibility, 10/3/2011

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Roe letter, 11/4/2011

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IRS public hearing, 11/17/2011 (hat tip to Michael Cannon)
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CMS Q&A, 11/29/2011

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IRS response to Roe, 11/29/2011

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Hatch letter, 12/1/2011

12.1.11 Premium Credit letter to Geithner and Shulman-1

Final HHS regulations, 3/27/2012

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Final IRS regulations, 5/23/2012

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House oversight study, 2/5/2014

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Legislative history — Cannan overview

Legislative history — Senate Finance

Legislative history — Baucus and Senate Finance

Legislative history — HELP Committee bill

Legislative history — CBO

Legislative history — Senate floor consideration