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H.R. 596 — what changed

To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes.

From Introduced in House to Engrossed in House. 3 sections amended between Introduced in House and Engrossed in House.

Section 1 Repeal of PPACA and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

(a)
changed PPACA— Effective as on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), such Act 111–148) is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted.
(b)
changed Health care-Related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010— Effective as on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152), title I and subtitle B of title II of such Act 111–152) are repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such title or subtitle, respectively, are restored or revived as if such title and subtitle had not been enacted.

Sec. 2 Budgetary effects

changed The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall not be determined by reference to the latest statement titled “Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation” for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee entered on the Budget of the House of Representatives, as long as such statement has been submitted prior either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the vote on passage Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of this Act.2010.

Sec. 3 Reporting replacement legislation

The Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives shall each report to the House of Representatives legislation proposing changes to existing law within each committee’s jurisdiction with provisions that—

(1)
foster economic growth and private sector job creation by eliminating job-killing policies and regulations;
(2)
lower health care premiums through increased competition and choice;
(3)
preserve a patient’s ability to keep his or her health plan if he or she likes it;
(4)
provide people with pre-existing conditions access to affordable health coverage;
(5)
reform the medical liability system to reduce unnecessary and wasteful health care spending;
(6)
increase the number of insured Americans;
(7)
protect the doctor-patient relationship;
(8)
changed provide the States greater flexibility to administer Medicaid programs while reducing costs under such programs;
(9)
expand incentives to encourage personal responsibility for health care coverage and costs;
(10)
prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions and provide conscience protections for health care providers;
(11)
eliminate duplicative government programs and wasteful spending; or
(12)
changed do not accelerate the insolvency growth of entitlement programs or increase the tax burden on Americans.