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  • H. R. 766 — An Act To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.
    Status:Received in Senate
    Words:564

    H. R. 766, known as the “Dr. Michael C. Burgess Preventive Health Savings Act,” is a proposed amendment to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The bill seeks to change how preventive health care measures are accounted for in government budget estimates. It allows the...

    Simple Explanation

    H. R. 766 wants to change how the government counts money saved by keeping people healthy, and it gives a special helper the power to decide if new ideas will save money in the future, but it doesn't give clear rules on how to do this.

  • H. R. 766 — To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.
    Status:Reported in House
    Words:884

    H.R. 766, also known as the “Dr. Michael C. Burgess Preventive Health Savings Act,” aims to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. The bill proposes a new method for evaluating proposed legislation by allowing the Director of the Congressional...

    Simple Explanation

    The H.R. 766 bill wants to let a special person who checks government money decide if new health ideas can save money in the future by stopping people from getting sick. But these money savings ideas are just for looking at and can't change budget rules.