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Food Safety in the 111th Congress: H.R. 2749 and S. 510

Description: This report discusses whether the current food safety system has the resources, authority, and structural organization to safeguard the health of American consumers, who spend more than $1 trillion on food each year. Also at issue is whether federal food safety laws, first enacted in the early 1900s, have kept pace with the significant changes that have occurred in the food production, processing, and marketing sectors since then.
Date: December 1, 2010
Creator: Johnson, Renée; Williams, Erin D.; Burrows, Vanessa K.; Upton, Harold F. & Monke, Jim
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Response to the Global Threat of Tuberculosis: Basic Facts

Description: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most widespread infectious diseases in the world, infecting an average of 9 million people annually. Although TB is curable, more than 1 million TB-related deaths occur each year. Due in part to a growing global response to TB, progress has been made in combating the disease. Globally, new TB infection rates have begun to slowly decline and TB mortality rates have decreased significantly since 1990. At the same time, absolute numbers of people infected with TB, p… more
Date: January 5, 2012
Creator: Kendal, Alexandra E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Response to the Global Threat of Malaria: Basic Facts

Description: This report outlines basic facts related to global malaria, including characteristics of the epidemic and U.S. legislation, programs, funding, and partnerships related to the global response to malaria.
Date: June 15, 2012
Creator: Kendall, Alexandra E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Response to the Global Threat of Malaria: Basic Facts

Description: This report outlines basic facts related to global malaria, including characteristics of the epidemic and U.S. legislation, programs, funding, and partnerships related to the global response to malaria.
Date: February 22, 2011
Creator: Kendall, Alexandra E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Response to the Global Threat of Tuberculosis: Basic Facts

Description: This report outlines basic facts related to global tuberculosis (TB), including characteristics of the epidemic and U.S. legislation, programs, funding, and partnerships related to the global response to TB.
Date: June 15, 2012
Creator: Kendall, Alexandra E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Response to the Global Threat of Tuberculosis: Basic Facts

Description: This report outlines basic facts related to global tuberculosis (TB), including characteristics of the epidemic and U.S. legislation, programs, funding, and partnerships related to the global response to TB.
Date: February 22, 2011
Creator: Kendall, Alexandra E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medical Loss Ratio Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Issues for Congress

Description: This report provides a detailed description of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, P.L. 111-148) requirements for Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) reporting and rebates as specified in regulations, including components of the MLR formula, state flexibility and waivers, and the nature of rebates to policyholders. The report also addresses issues that have been raised about the MLR provisions since the ACA was enacted, namely the treatment of insurance commissions paid to brokers and age… more
Date: August 26, 2014
Creator: Kirchhoff, Suzanne M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The ACA Prevention and Public Health Fund: In Brief

Description: This report provides background information on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and discusses the authority and funding distributions.
Date: June 9, 2017
Creator: Lister, Sarah A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Public Health and Emergency Preparedness: CRS Experts

Description: This table provides access to names and contact information for CRS experts on policy concerns relating to public health and emergency preparedness.
Date: February 10, 2011
Creator: Lister, Sarah A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Public Health and Medical Emergency Management: Issues in the 112th Congress

Description: This report summarizes key issues in domestic public health and medical preparedness and response, and discusses selected federal programs by citing other CRS reports and sources of additional information.
Date: February 18, 2011
Creator: Lister, Sarah A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health-Related Tax Expenditures: Overview and Analysis

Description: This report analyzes health-related tax expenditures together at the budget function level, rather than focusing on the size of any single provision. To provide some insights into common questions about health-related expenditures, this report analyzes historical data on health-related tax expenditure estimates published by the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT).
Date: January 8, 2016
Creator: Lowry, Sean
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues

Description: This report explains how employer-sponsored insurance can be used to address concerns about health insurance coverage and cost. Then, it summarizes the three ACA provisions most relevant to small businesses. Also, it analyzes these provisions for their potential effects on small businesses. Last, this report presents several approaches that could address some concerns associated with these provisions (particularly the employer penalty).
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: Lowry, Sean & Gravelle, Jane G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues

Description: This report explains how employer-sponsored insurance can be used to address concerns about health insurance coverage and cost. Then, it summarizes the three ACA provisions most relevant to small businesses. Also, it analyzes these provisions for their potential effects on small businesses. Last, this report presents several approaches that could address some concerns associated with these provisions (particularly the employer penalty).
Date: August 15, 2013
Creator: Lowry, Sean & Gravelle, Jane G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues

Description: This report explains how employer-sponsored insurance can be used to address concerns about health insurance coverage and cost. Then, it summarizes the three Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions most relevant to small businesses. Also, it analyzes these provisions for their potential effects on small businesses. Last, this report presents several approaches that could address some concerns associated with these provisions (particularly the employer penalty).
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Lowry, Sean & Gravelle, Jane G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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NFIB v. Sebelius: Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate

Description: Report that provides an overview of the Court's holding with respect to the individual mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) under the Commerce Clause and the Taxing Power. It also addresses possible implications of the decision on existing federal law and future legislation.
Date: September 3, 2012
Creator: Lunder, Erika K. & Staman, Jennifer
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program: Frequently Asked Questions

Description: This report addresses frequently asked questions regarding the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program, which was established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and aims to foster the creation of CO-OPs--nonprofit, member-run health insurance issuers that sell health plans in states in which they are licensed.
Date: March 11, 2016
Creator: Mach, Annie L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Excise Tax on High-Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage: In Brief

Description: This report provides an overview of the excise tax. The report includes cost estimates for the excise tax and explores the excise tax's relationship with the tax advantages for employer-sponsored health coverage. The information in this report is based on statute and two notices issued by the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Date: March 24, 2016
Creator: Mach, Annie L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP): Available Health Insurance Options

Description: This report discusses the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), a program administered by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which is statutorily given the authority to contract with qualified carriers offering plans and to prescribe regulations necessary to carry out the statute, among other duties.
Date: February 13, 2013
Creator: Mach, Annie L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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H.R. 1628: The American Health Care Act (AHCA)

Description: This report contains three tables that, together, provide an overview of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) provisions, as amended by the five manager's amendments and the amendment referenced in H.Res. 254. Table 1 includes provisions that apply to the private health insurance market, Table 2 includes provisions that affect the Medicaid program, and Table 3 includes provisions related to public health and taxes. Each table contains a column identifying whether the AHCA provision is related to… more
Date: May 26, 2017
Creator: Mach, Annie L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health Insurance: Small is the New Large

Description: This report discusses aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that expand the definition of small employer to include employers with 100 or fewer employees. States must implement the expanded definition for plan years beginning in 2016, but have the option of implementing the expanded definition prior to the deadline.
Date: August 26, 2015
Creator: Mach, Annie L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Individual Mandate for Health Insurance Coverage: In Brief

Description: This report provides an overview of the individual mandate for health insurance, its associated penalty, and the exemptions from the mandate.
Date: March 19, 2018
Creator: Mach, Annie L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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