America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009: “To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce
the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.”
Read the New York Times story regarding the US groundbreaking legislation here
See the actual 1017 page Bill that was introduced in the House here – From the Library of Congress site – H.R. 3200 I.H. and the final report of the bill (H.R. 3200 R.I.H) here (Takes a while to download – 2454 pages)
Definitions:
Introduced in House: “This phrase indicates that a bill has been introduced in either the House or the Senate. In the Senate, any number of senators may introduce a single bill; in the House, a limit of 25 representatives may cosponsor a bill. Many bills are actually committee bills and therefore are introduced under the name of the (sub)committee’s chairperson as a formality”. – GPO site
Reported in House: “This phrase accompanies a committee’s report of its findings and recommendations to the parent house after it has examined a bill. The version of the bill as reported includes changes, if any, that have been recommended by the committee.” GPO site