Congressional Update: National Health Care Legislation

Congress is considering major health care legislation that would make health insurance more available, affordable and secure for millions of Americans, many of them Texans.

In the US Senate, the Senate Finance Committee under the leadership of Chairman Max Baucus is taking the lead on health care legislation along with the Health, Education and Labor Committee, while on the House side three committees--Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, and Ways and Means--are working together to develop legislation.

National health care advocates anticipate floor votes on health care legislation by the end of the summer.

Learn more about the Senate's progress

Summary of the House draft proposal (PDF)

Texas Impact is participating in national interfaith organizing for health care in partnership with Faithful Reform in Healthcare as well as our member denominations.

Read Texas Impact's publication on health care as a faith issue

Sign the national interfaith statement of health care principals