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Medicare Bad Debt Relief and Medicare Cost-Sharing Eligibility Act of 2000

Introduced: July 27, 2000 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 27, 2000
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Bad Debt Relief and Medicare Cost-Sharing Eligibility Act of 2000 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) to: (1) deem as a bad debt certain uncollectible Medicare cost-sharing (thus providing bad debt relief for facilities furnishing care to certain low-income Medicare beneficiaries); and (2) require State plans for medical assistance to provide for determination of eligibility of specified individuals for Medicare cost-sharing, and for their enrollment at any hospital, clinic, or similar entity at which State or local agency personnel are stationed for eligibility determination.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2981: Medicare Bad Debt Relief and Medicare Cost-Sharing Eligibility Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2981/
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"S. 2981: Medicare Bad Debt Relief and Medicare Cost-Sharing Eligibility Act of 2000." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2981/.
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S. 2981, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2981/.
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