S. 2118Senate112th Congress (2011-2013)Introduced

Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act

A bill to remove unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from seniors' personal health decisions by repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board.

Introduced February 16, 2012

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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 326.

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Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

February 16, 2012

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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 326.

February 17, 2012

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Harry Reid
Sen. Harry ReidD-NV · Feb 17, 2012

Mr. President, S. 2118 is at the desk and due for a second reading. I object to any further proceedings with respect to this legislation. Mr. President, I have to give a few remarks. They are very…

Harry Reid
Sen. Harry ReidD-NV · Feb 16, 2012

Mr. President, I understand there is a bill at the desk due for its first reading. Mr. President, I now ask for a second reading and, in order to place the bill on the calendar, object to my own…

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Placed on Calendar SenateIssued February 17, 2012

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Calendar No. 326

112th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 2118

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 16, 2012

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Lee, Mr. Paul, Mr. Coats, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Risch, Mr. Heller, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Moran, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Crapo) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

February 17, 2012

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

A BILL

To remove unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from seniors' personal health decisions by repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act.

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Removal of unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from seniors' personal health decisions by repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board

Effective as if included in the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), the provisions of, and amendments made by, sections 3403 and 10320 of such Act are repealed.

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Offset

The table specified in clause (i) of section 36B(f)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:

If the household income (expressed as a percent of poverty line) is:The applicable dollar amount is:
Less than 200 percent$600
At least 200 percent and less than 300 percent$1,500
At least 300 percent but less than 350 percent$2,500
At least 350 percent but less than 400 percent$3,100

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February 17, 2012

Read the second time and placed on the calendar