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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase in update for certain hospitals with a high proportion of Medicare patients.

Introduced: May 20, 1997 See on congress.gov
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May 29, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 20, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 20, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase in update for FY 1998 and 1999 for certain hospitals with a high proportion of Medicare patients.

What's happening now May 29, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 20, 1997
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 20, 1997
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1673: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase in update for certain hospitals with a high proportion of Medicare patients.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1673/
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"H.R. 1673: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase in update for certain hospitals with a high proportion of Medicare patients.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1673/.
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H.R. 1673, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1673/.
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[H.R. 1673: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase in update for certain hospitals with a high proportion of Medicare patients.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1673/)
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