On January 18, 2012, the House Ways and Means Committee approved H.R. 1173, the “Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011,” which would repeal the ACA’s Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program. While the CLASS program was included in the ACA as a national voluntary, self-financed program to provide insurance for long-term care services and supports, the Obama Administration announced in October 2011 that it was suspending implementation of the program because it could not identify a benefit plan that was both actuarially sound and consistent with the statutory requirements. The bill previously was approved by the Energy and Commerce Committee, and it is expected to be considered by the full House in the near future.