S3599-119

In Committee

Affordable CHOICE Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 8, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Affordable CHOICE Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Social Welfare.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Affordable Consumer Health Options and Insurance Competition Enhancement Act or the Affordable CHOICE Act.
  • Section id09e0096d3a544ef2a7aefbec25eeff0a: 2. Public health insurance option Part 2 of subtitle D of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18031 et seq.) is amended by...
  • Section id55cc34a6e5cd4b12b966013d3377f476: 1314. Public health insurance option For plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, the Secretary shall establish, and provide for the offering through...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Affordable CHOICE Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Finance, Social Welfare

Primary Purpose

This bill, Affordable CHOICE Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Finance Social Welfare

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 8, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Jan 8, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 8, 2026

Mr. Whitehouse (for himself and Ms. Slotkin) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Finance Social Welfare
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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