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Medicare Amendments of 1993

Introduced: January 21, 1993 See on congress.gov
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Jan 21, 1993
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 21, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S606-608)
Jan 21, 1993
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Amendments of 1993 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to: (1) essential access community hospitals; (2) Medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals; (3) payments for electrocardiogram interpretation and new physicians and practitioners; (4) prohibitions on carrier forum shopping; and (5) the treatment of nebulizers and aspirators.

Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1987 to reauthorize and extend the rural transition grant program.

Amends OBRAs of 1990 and 1994 to, respectively, provide for an extension of rural hospital demonstration projects and regional referral centers.

What's happening now January 21, 1993

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jan 21, 1993
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Jan 21, 1993
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 176: Medicare Amendments of 1993. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-S-176/
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"S. 176: Medicare Amendments of 1993." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-S-176/.
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