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Medicare+Choice Payment Equity Act of 1999

Introduced: January 26, 1999 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Jan 26, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 26, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1011)
Jan 26, 1999
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare+Choice Payment Equity Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the budget neutrality adjustment factor used in calculating the blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice organizations under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice).

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to the Congress a legislative proposal that provides for aggregate decreases in Federal expenditures under the Medicare program as are equal to the aggregate increases in such expenditures under such program resulting from such elimination.

What's happening now January 26, 1999

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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