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The Health Care Choice Act is a bill that proposes allowing health insurance companies to sell health insurance across U.S. state lines. == Health Care Choice Act of 2005 == On May 12, 2005, The Health Care Choice Act of 2005, was introduced as H.R.2355 in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) and as S.1015 in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). H.R.2355 gained 71 Republican co-sponsors in the House (Rep. Ed Towns (D-NY) signed on as a co-sponsor a day before and withdrew as a co-sponsor two days after the hearing on the bill) and S.1015 gained 3 Republican co-sponsors in the Senate. On June 28, 2005, a hearing on H.R 2335 was held by the House Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce with five invited witnesses. Three witnesses testified in favor of H.R.2355: * Robert Garcia de Posada, Chairman and President of The Latino Coalition and former Director of Hispanic Affairs at the Republican National Committee under Lee Atwater * Merrill Matthews, Jr., Director of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI) (a research and advocacy association of health insurance companies active in the individual market) * David Gratzer, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a Canadian psychiatry resident Two witnesses testified against H.R.2355: * Mike Kreidler, Washington State Insurance Commissioner on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners * L. Hunter Limbaugh, Chair of the Advocacy Committee of the American Diabetes Association On July 20, 2005, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce by a vote of 24 to 23 (24 Republicans in favor, 21 Democrats and 2 Republicans opposed) ordered H.R.2355 reported favorably out of committee, which it was on February 16, 2006, and subsequently died with no further action in the full House. S.1015 died in committee. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Health Care Choice Act」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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