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HR 2419 106th Congress House

Medicare+Choice Risk Adjustment Amendments of 1999

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reflect original Congressional intent by requiring that the new risk adjustment methodology for Medicare+Cho… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reflect original Congressional intent by requiring that the new risk adjustment methodology for Medicare+Choice payment rates be implemented in a budget neutral manner, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 3, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Jul 13, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jul 6, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 1, 1999
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 1, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1469-1470)
Jul 1, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 13, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare+Choice Risk Adjustment Amendments of 1999 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require that the new risk adjustment methodology for Medicare+Choice payment rates be implemented in a budget neutral manner; and (2) eliminate any further adjustment in the national per capita Medicare+Choice growth percentage.
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 1
Vitter, David
· Nov 10, 1999
OSE, DOUG
· Oct 28, 1999
FLETCHER, ERNEST
· Sep 21, 1999
NETHERCUTT, GEORGE
· Aug 5, 1999
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Aug 3, 1999
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Jul 1, 1999
GREENWOOD, JAMES
· Jul 1, 1999
TAUZIN, W.
· Jul 1, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2419: Medicare+Choice Risk Adjustment Amendments of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2419/
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"H.R. 2419: Medicare+Choice Risk Adjustment Amendments of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2419/.
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H.R. 2419, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2419/.
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