To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and enact the OPTION Act of 2009.

Implementation of healthcare reform laws - Executive Branch actions re PL 111-148 and PL 111-152. Repeal Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Acts (PL 111-148/PL 111-152) - HR 4901, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 4903, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 4910, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and enact the Empowering Patients First Act in order to provide incentives to encourage health insurance coverage; HR 4919, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 4972, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 5005, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 5073, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and enact the OPTION Act of 2009; HR 5216, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 5421, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, repeal the 7.5 percent threshold on the deduction for medical expenses, provide for increased funding for high-risk pools, allow acquiring health insurance across State lines, and allow for the creation of association health plans; HR 5424, Reform Americans Can Afford Act of 2010 ; HR 5444, Private Option Health Care Act; HR 6355, STAT Act of 2010; S 3147, Patient Choice Restoration Act; S 3152, A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. *High risk pools - HR 5664, High-Risk Pool Fairness Act. *Effective date for prohibitionon rescissions - HR 5761, To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to expedite the application of the provision prohibiting rescissions of health insurance coverage. *Government-run plan - HR 5808, To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option. *Guarantee-issue and open enrollment for Medigap policies - HR 5844, Fairness in Medigap Options Act of 2010. *Regulations of LTC insurance - HR 5890, Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act of 2010. *Third-party review of LTC insurance disputed claims - S 1626, A bill to require issuers of long term care insurance to establish third party review processes for disputed claims. *Model disclosure forms for LTC insurance - S 1636, A bill to develop a model disclosure form to assist consumers in purchasing long-term care insurance. *Model Disclosure form for long-term care insurance - HR 4078, To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a national model disclosure form to assist consumers in purchasing long-term care insurance. *Federal rate review process - HR 4757, Health Insurance Rate Authority Act of 2010; S 3078, Health Insurance Rate Authority Act of 2010. *Changes to individual coverage requirement, grandfathered plans, immediate insurance reforms, premium assistance, CLASS Act, coverage issues, quality improvements, delivery system reforms - HR 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. *Requirements for dental coverage - HR 5000, Dental Coverage Value and Transparency Act of 2010. *Requirements for private disability insurers - HR 6066, Preventing Social Security Fraud Act of 2010. *Supplemental disability insurance for Federal employees - HR 6368, Federal Employee Disability Insurance Act of 2010. *FTC authority - S 3685, Insurance Competition and Transparency Act of 2010. *Health coverage tax credit - S 3793, Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act of 2010. *State innovation waivers - S 3958, Empowering States to Innovate Act. *Disclosure of coverage exclusions - HR 1253, To require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that is easily understandable. *McCarran Ferguson reforms - HR 1583, To further competition in the insurance industry; S 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009. *Recissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients - HR 1691, To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations; S 688, A bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations. *Coverage requirement for cancer screening - HR 4563, Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2009. *MCCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption - HR 4626, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act. *LTC consumer protections - S 1177, A bill to improve consumer protections for purchasers of long-term care insurance, and for other purposes. *National marketplace - HR 3217, Health Care Choice Act of 2009; S 1459, A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce. *Reinstatement of coverage upon payment of overdue premiums - HR 3584, To amend the Public Health Service Act to require reinstatement upon payment of all premiums due of group or individual health insurance coverage terminated by reason of nonpayment of premiums. *Changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act - HR 3596, To ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers; S 1681, A bill to ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Implementation of healthcare reform laws - Executive Branch actions re PL 111-148 and PL 111-152. Repeal Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Acts (PL 111-148/PL 111-152) - HR 4901, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 4903, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 4910, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and enact the Empowering Patients First Act in order to provide incentives to encourage health insurance coverage; HR 4919, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 4972, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 5005, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 5073, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and enact the OPTION Act of 2009; HR 5216, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 5421, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, repeal the 7.5 percent threshold on the deduction for medical expenses, provide for increased funding for high-risk pools, allow acquiring health insurance across State lines, and allow for the creation of association health plans; HR 5424, Reform Americans Can Afford Act of 2010 ; HR 5444, Private Option Health Care Act; HR 6355, STAT Act of 2010; S 3147, Patient Choice Restoration Act; S 3152, A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. *Generic contributions by veterans - HR 2974, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals eligible for veterans health benefits to contribute to health savings accounts. *Tax incentives for LTC insurance - HR 897, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs; S 94, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a nonrefundable tax credit for long-term care insurance premiums; S 702, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and to provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance; HR 1891, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction for half of an individual's long-term care insurance premiums; HR 2096, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and to provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance; HR 6234, Comprehensive Long-Term Care Support Act of 2010. *HSA improvements, transparency - HR 3478, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules relating to health savings accounts, to provide payments for a health savings account and for a high deductible health plan instead of entitlement to benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP, to give more control and coverage to patients, to lower health care costs through increased price transparency, and to require immigrants to have a health savings account and high deductible health coverage at time of admission. *HSA improvements - HR 3508, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for improved treatment of HSA account provisions, and for other purposes; HR 3971, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the permissible use of health savings accounts to include health insurance payments and to increase the dollar limitation for contributions to health savings accounts, and for other purposes. *Tax incentives for employer-sponsored wellness programs - HR 3490, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for employer-provided wellness programs. *Health insurance tax deduction, HSAs - HR 3610, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve access to health care by allowing a deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals, expanding health savings accounts, and for other purposes. *Tax incentives for LTC insurance, consumer protections for LTC insurance, caregiver tax credits - S 2958, CARE Act of 2010. *Changes to premium tax, high-value health plan tax - HR 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. *Repeal HSA and FSA restrictions - HR 5923, To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal certain limitations on tax health care benefits; S 3673, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act. *Treatment of high deductible health plans as qualified health plans, repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions - HR 5936, Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act of 2010. *TAA health coverage tax credits - HR 6517, Omnibus Trade Act of 2010.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Implementation of healthcare reform laws - Executive Branch actions re PL 111-148/PL 111-152. Repeal Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Acts (PL 111-148/PL 111-152) - HR 4901, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 4903, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 4910, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and enact the Empowering Patients First Act in order to provide incentives to encourage health insurance coverage; HR 4919, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 4972, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 5005, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 5073, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and enact the OPTION Act of 2009; HR 5216, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 5421, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, repeal the 7.5 percent threshold on the deduction for medical expenses, provide for increased funding for high-risk pools, allow acquiring health insurance across State lines, and allow for the creation of association health plans; HR 5424, Reform Americans Can Afford Act of 2010 ; HR 5444, Private Option Health Care Act; HR 6355, STAT Act of 2010; S 3147, Patient Choice Restoration Act; S 3152, A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. *Medical liability reform - HR 1468, To provide health care liability reform, and for other purposes; S 45, A bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; HR 5690, Meaningful End to Defensive Medicine & Aimless Lawsuits (MedMal) Act of 2010; S 1734, A bill to reduce the cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform. *Antitrust exemption for physicians - HR 1493, To ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by exempting health care professionals from the Federal antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers. *Third-party billing by VA for service-connected disabilities - HR 1658, To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the recovery by the United States of charges from a third party for hospital care or medical services furnished to a veteran for a service-connected disability. * COBRA subsidies for the unemployed - S 2730, COBRA Subsidy Extension and Enhancement Act of 2009. *COBRA extension - HR 5324, COBRA Health Benefits Extension Act of 2010; S 3393, COBRA Health Benefits Extension Act of 2010. *Transparency in healthcare pricing - HR 4700, Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2010. *Health benefits plan information, transparency in hospital price and quality information - HR 4803, To ensure health care consumer and provider access to certain health benefits plan information and to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide transparency in hospital price and quality information. *Privacy protections for health information technology - HR 4061, To advance cybersecurity research, development, and technical standards, and for other purposes. *Fraud and abuse - S 458, A bill to amend the False Claims Act. *Cafeteria plans, flexible spending arrangements - S 988, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow small businesses to set up simple cafeteria plans to provide nontaxable employee benefits to their employees, to make changes in the requirements for cafeteria plans, flexible spending accounts, and benefits provided under such plans or accounts, and for other purposes. * Coverage expansion, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, cost containment, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse - HR 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. *Amendments on employer reporting requirements - S 510, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. *Employer reporting requirement - S 3946, Small Business Paperwork Relief Act. *Data security - HR 2221, To protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach; S 139, A bill to require Federal agencies, and persons engaged in interstate commerce, in possession of data containing sensitive personally identifiable information, to disclose any breach of such information. *Price transparency - HR 2249, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs. *Association health plans - HR 2607, To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees. *Privacy, identity theft - S 1490, A bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information. *Premium assistance for unemployed - S 3421, Protecting Against Indebting our Descendants through Fully Offset Relief (PAID FOR) Temporary Extension Act of 2010; S 3548, Extend COBRA Premium Assistance Program Act of 2010. *Continuing resolution with temporary funding for HHS programs and agencies - HR 3081, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011; HR 3082, Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011; S 3686, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011. *Data security, privacy - HR 5777, To foster transparency about the commercial use of personal information, provide consumers with meaningful choice about the collection, use, and disclosure of such information; S 3579, Data Security Act of of 2010; S 3742, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2010. *Privacy proposal, collection and disclosure of certain personal information - Proposed legislation re this issue.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE