HR 2618 · 93th Congress · Health

National Health Insurance Partnership Act

Introduced 1973-01-22· Sponsored by Rep. Railsback, Thomas F. [R-IL-19]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.(1973-01-22)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Health Insurance Partnership Act - Title I: National Health Insurance Act - National Health Insurance Standards Act - Establishes a new title VI (Health Benefits for Employees and for Low-Income Families) of the Social Security Act, including the National Health Insurance Standards Act (part A of title VI) requiring employers to offer to their employees a basic health insurance plan meeting specified minimum standards. Declares it to be the intent of Congress to provide adequate protection against high costs through a family health insurance plan and to require that employers, whether or not engaged in interstate commerce, provide basic health care protection to their employees. Requires, under Part A of such title, all employers to make available a basic health care plan to employees and members of their families (except to ministers and members of religious orders, Federal, State, and local employees, employees of a foreign government or of an international organization, and persons entitled to protection under Medicare) who have been employed for 25 hours a week in 10 out of 13 weeks or 350 hours in 13 weeks. Delays these requirements for employers under unexpired union…

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