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H.R. 676: Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act

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H.R. 676: Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-24 · Health · Latest: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Ellison asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 676, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Ellison asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 676, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act

Plain summary

Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act This bill establishes the Medicare for All Program to provide all individuals residing in the United States and U.S. territories with free health care that includes all medically necessary care, such as primary care and prevention, dietary and nutritional therapies, prescription drugs, emergency care, long-term care, mental health services, dental services, and vision care. Only public or nonprofit institutions may participate. Nonprofit health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that deliver care in their own facilities may participate. Patients may choose from participating physicians and institutions. Health insurers may not sell health insurance that duplicates the benefits provided under this bill. Insurers may sell benefits that are not medically necessary, such as cosmetic surgery benefits. The bill sets forth methods to pay institutional providers and health professionals for services. Financial incentives between HMOs and physicians based on utilization are prohibited. The program is funded: (1) from existing sources of government revenues for health care, (2) by increasing personal income taxes on the top 5% of income earners, (3) by instituting a progressive excise tax on payroll and self-employment income, (4) by instituting a tax on unearned income, and (5) by instituting a tax on stock and bond transactions. Amounts that would have been appropriated for federal public health care programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), are transferred and appropriated to carry out this bill. The program must give employment transition benefits and first priority in retraining and job placement to individuals whose jobs are eliminated due to reduced clerical and administrative work under this bill. The Department of Health and Human Services must create a confidential electronic patient record system. The bill establishes a National Board of Universal Quality and Access to provide advice on quality, access, and affordability. The Indian Health Service must be integrated into the program after five years. Congress must evaluate the continued independence of Department of Veterans Affairs health programs.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · 124 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jared Huffman (D-CA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Peter Welch (D-VT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), John Garamendi (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Judy Chu (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ro Khanna (D-CA) and 64 more.

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Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Bond
A way to borrow money. A government sells bonds to raise money now and promises to pay it back with interest over time. Bonds repaid from taxes often need voter approval.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr676 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115