Mealey's (June 10, 2015, 9:39 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bill seeking to exclude expatriates from consideration as a U.S. health risk under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) failed to clear the U.S. House of Representative on April 9, 2104.

(HB4414 available. Document #93-140423-021L.)

House Bill 4414 would have excluded provisions of ACA Public Law 111-148 and title I, subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2011, Public Law 111-152, from expatriate health plans, employers with expatriates who act as plan sponsors...