H.R. 7145: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a definition of essential health system in statute and for other related purposes.

H.R. 7145 is a federal bill in the 119th Congress. Currently, federal law does not have a single official definition for what constitutes an essential health system, which makes it difficult to target policy support for hospitals that care for large numbers of low income patients. Before this bill,… See its sponsors, how members voted, and a plain-English breakdown on PolityLens.