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HR 4228 105th Congress House Health Abortion Health maintenance organizations Managed care Medicare Medicare managed care Social Welfare

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an election for Medicare+Choice organizations to exclude payment for the provision of abortion services under the Medicare Program.

Introduced: July 15, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Jul 28, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jul 24, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 15, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
Jul 15, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 15, 1998
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jul 15, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a Medicare+Choice organization to elect to exclude abortion services from the services it is otherwise required to provide as basic benefits.

What's happening now July 28, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 27, 1998
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jul 16, 1998
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4228: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an election for Medicare+Choice organizations to exclude payment for the provision of abortion services under the Medicare Program.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4228/
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"H.R. 4228: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an election for Medicare+Choice organizations to exclude payment for the provision of abortion services under the Medicare Program.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4228/.
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H.R. 4228, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4228/.
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[H.R. 4228: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an election for Medicare+Choice organizations to exclude payment for the provision of abortion services under the Medicare Program.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4228/)
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