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On November 2, 2017, a bill later known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was introduced by Representative Kevin Brady of Texas. Included in the bill was the move to change the tax penalty for not having health insurance mandated by the Affordable Care Act to zero.
The decisive vote against their own party's bill was cast by Senators John McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski; their vote along with the Democrats defeated the bill 49–51. [citation needed] On September 13, 2017, an amendment to the American Health Care Act, commonly known as Graham-Cassidy, was submitted.
California v. Texas, 593 U.S. 659 (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case that dealt with the constitutionality of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), colloquially known as Obamacare.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is an agency within the Texas Health and Human Services System. It was established by House Bill 2292 in 2003 during the 78th Legislature, [ 1 ] which consolidated twelve different healthcare agencies into five entities under the oversight of HHSC.
Texas, for example, is one of just 10 states that has limited the number of people who can qualify for Medicaid health insurance. In Texas, very few adults qualify for the program. The majority of ...
The law caused a significant reduction in the number and percentage of people without health insurance. The CDC reported that the percentage of people without health insurance fell from 16.0% in 2010 to 8.9% from January to June 2016. [201] The uninsured rate dropped in every congressional district in the U.S. from 2013 to 2015. [202]
(The Center Square) – The state’s budget bill has been filed in the Texas Senate by Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, who chairs the Texas Senate Finance Committee. SB 1 is the Texas Senate’s ...
Health plans would cover 70% of the cost of the benefits. [21] [22] Setting a penalty for a company with more than 50 workers not offering health care coverage after 2014, of $2,000 for each full-time worker above 30 employees. For example, an employer with 53 workers will pay the penalty for 23 workers, or $46,000. [21]