The National Health Insurance Act of 2005 was a bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives as H.R. 15 on January 4, 2005. The bill was introduced by Democratic Michigan Congressman John Dingell, Jr.. This bill was referred to the United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, where it died at the end of the 109th U.S. Congress. This bill has been introduced into every Congress since 1956 by Dingell, and before that since 1933 by his father, Michigan Representative John Dingell, Sr.. The bill has not been brought to the House floor for debate.
Other bills related to Health Care in the 109th Congress:
- H.R. 676: Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act of 2005
- H.R. 1200: American Health Security Act of 2005
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