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S. 1451 · 118th Congress · Health

Healthy Competition for Better Care Act

Died in committee2k words Introduced May 4, 2023 · Latest action May 4, 2023

How far it has goneStopped at 2 of 6 · Died in committee
  1. IntroducedMay 4, 2023 Done
  2. CommitteeDied Jan 3, 2025 Stopped here
  3. Senate floorNot yet Not reached yet
  4. House floorNot yet Not reached yet
  5. Chambers agreeNot yet Not reached yet
  6. PresidentNot yet Not reached yet

What it does

The Congressional Research Service hasn’t published a summary of this bill. Read the full text on Congress.gov.

Who lobbies on it

3 organizations · 12 filings · Q2 2023–Q4 2024

One square per quarter since introduction, oldest left. Filled = named it that quarter.

  1. American Benefits Council 7 of 7 quarters
    “ERISA preemption Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs and PBM cost transparency and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); telehealth extension and transparency (H.R. 9457); medical management; PBM Reform Act (S. 1339) medical management Tax treatment of…”

    Q4 2024 filing · $1.3M lobbying spend in 2024, all issues

  2. College of American Pathologists 2 of 7 quarters
    “HR2389/S1302 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act S2333 - Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Act Health Workforce Resilience Act S665/HR 4942 Conrad 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act CLIA Waiver CURES 2.0 To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts Cytotechnologist labor rates Remote digital…”

    Q4 2024 filing · $717K lobbying spend in 2024, all issues

  3. Wisconsin Hospital Association 1 of 7 quarters
    “S. 1451 - the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act - all provisions.”

    Q2 2023 filing · $160K lobbying spend in 2023, all issues

Organizations that named S. 1451 in a quarterly lobbying report. Covers organizations with a PAC on file; reports from organizations without one aren’t loaded yet. Spend is the organization’s total across all issues: reports don’t split spending by bill. Source: Senate lobbying disclosures (LD-2) from lda.gov; quotes are word for word from the “specific lobbying issues” field.

Actions

2 actions · newest first
  1. May 4, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. May 4, 2023Introduced in Senate