Bill Details
HR.114 - 119th Congress
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2025-01-03 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, House Administration, Rules, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced Date
2025-01-03
Policy Area
Health
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This bill would cancel the Affordable Care Act (often called "Obamacare") and the related 2010 reconciliation law, and it says the U.S. should go back to the rules that existed before those laws. It sets a date when that change would happen, and states that all parts of the earlier laws would be put back in place as if the Affordable Care Act had never been passed. In plain terms, the marketplaces, subsidies, expanded Medicaid rules, and many consumer protections created by the Affordable Care Act would be removed if this bill became law on the date it names.
- Effective date: the repeal would take effect on October 1, 2025.
- What is repealed: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; prior laws would be restored as if those acts had not been passed.
- Procedure: the bill was introduced in the House on January 3, 2025, by Representative Andy Biggs (Arizona) and referred to multiple House committees for consideration.
- Main practical impacts: would remove the health insurance marketplaces and premium tax credits, end Medicaid expansion under the ACA, eliminate federal protections and rules like guaranteed coverage for pre-existing conditions and allowing young adults to stay on a parent's plan up to age 26, and undo other ACA-created programs and requirements.
Official Summaries
Responsible Path to Full Obamacare Repeal Act
This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective at the beginning of FY2026. Provisions of law amended by those acts are restored.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 114 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 114
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the
Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Workforce, Natural
Resources, the Judiciary, House Administration, Rules, and
Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible Path to Full Obamacare
Repeal Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND
THE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010.
(a) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.--Effective October
1, 2025, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law
111-148) is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by
such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted.
(b) Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.--
Effective October 1, 2025, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152) is repealed, and the provisions of law
amended or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act
had not been enacted.
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