To require the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a study to determine the approximate number of Federal employees and annuitants who are eligible to participate in the health benefits program under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, but who are covered neither by such program nor by any other health insurance, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Civil Service and Agency Organization.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 28, 2001

Directs the Office of Personnel Management to determine and report to Congress: (1) the approximate total number of Federal employees and annuitants who are eligible to participate in the Federal employees health benefits program, but who are covered neither by such program nor by any other health insurance; (2) the principal reasons why those individuals did not obtain health insurance under such program and the approximate number (and percentage) assignable to each reason; and (3) the approximate number (and percentage) of such employees employed in respective Government instrumentalities and paid at respective Federal pay levels.

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Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] · D–NY

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Oversight and Government Reform Committee

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Jul 10, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Jun 28, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Jun 28, 2001
Introduced in House
Jun 28, 2001
Introduced in House

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Discuss H.R.2397, 107th Congress: To require the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a study to determine the approximate number of Federal employees and annuitants who are eligible to participate in the health benefits program under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, but who are covered neither by such program nor by any other health insurance, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2397

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Analyze H.R.2397 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.

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Discuss H.R.2397, 107th Congress: To require the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a study to determine the approximate number of Federal employees and annuitants who are eligible to participate in the health benefits program under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, but who are covered neither by such program nor by any other health insurance, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2397

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2001-06-28.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/107/bills/hr2397/BILLS-107hr2397ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.2397, 107th Congress: To require the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a study to determine the approximate number of Federal employees and annuitants who are eligible to participate in the health benefits program under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, but who are covered neither by such program nor by any other health insurance, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2397

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2001-06-28.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/107/bills/hr2397/BILLS-107hr2397ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-02-04T16:55:51Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.2397, 107th Congress: To require the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a study to determine the approximate number of Federal employees and annuitants who are eligible to participate in the health benefits program under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, but who are covered neither by such program nor by any other health insurance, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2397

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2001-06-28.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/107/bills/hr2397/BILLS-107hr2397ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-02-04T16:55:51Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine H.R.2397 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.