What’s the process in Congress to pass reform?
FAQs
What Comprehensive Reform Means for You
How will reform increase consumer choice?
Why do we need the choice of a public health insurance plan?
How will we pay for health care reform?
The first step is passing a budget that includes a major commitment to funding health care reform. Then committees in both the House and Senate will consider health care reform bills. The House and Senate will each pass their own bills which will then go to a conference committee to finalize one bill. That bill will be passed in the House and Senate and then sent to President Obama to sign.
Which Congressional Committees have jurisdiction over health care reform?
- Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP)
- Senate Finance Committee
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
- House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee
- House Committee on Education and Labor
