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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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Jul 27, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 27, 2000
Introduced in Senate
 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.
What's happening now July 27, 2000

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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