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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the reduction in the market basket percentage increase under the prospective payment system under the Medicare Program for payments to…

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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the reduction in the market basket percentage increase under the prospective payment system under the Medicare Program for payments to small rural hospitals.

Introduced: July 27, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Aug 31, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jul 27, 2000
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 27, 2000
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the reduction in the market basket percentage increase for FY 2001 and 2002 under the prospective payment system for Medicare payments to hospitals located in a rural area with less than 100 beds.
What's happening now August 31, 2000

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 21, 2000
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Sep 21, 2000
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4996: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the reduction in the market basket percentage increase under the prospective payment system under the Medicare Program for payments to small rural hospitals.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4996/
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"H.R. 4996: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the reduction in the market basket percentage increase under the prospective payment system under the Medicare Program for payments to small rural hospitals.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4996/.
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H.R. 4996, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4996/.
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[H.R. 4996: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the reduction in the market basket percentage increase under the prospective payment system under the Medicare Program for payments to small rural hospitals.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4996/)
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