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The United States National Health Care Act ( Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act ) ( HR 676 ), is a bill submitted to the United States House of Representatives by Conyers which, as of September 29, 2008, has 93 cosponsors.

It was first introduced, with 25 cosponsors, in 2003, and reintroduced each session since then.

The act calls for the creation of a universal single-payer health care system in the United States, in which the government would provide every resident health care free of charge.

In order to eliminate disparate treatment between richer and poorer Americans, the Act would also prohibit private insurers from covering any treatment or procedure already covered by the Act.

The bill is currently in the House Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Health.