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HR 4304 108th Congress House

Medicare Preservation and Anti-Privatization Act

Official title: To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to eliminate overpayments to health maintenance organizations and other pri… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to eliminate overpayments to health maintenance organizations and other private plans under part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act.

Introduced: May 6, 2004 See on congress.gov
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May 21, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
May 11, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 6, 2004
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 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.
May 6, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 21, 2004

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Preservation and Anti-Privatization Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as added by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to eliminate the MA Regional Plan Stabilization Fund.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide, beginning with 2005, for adjustment of payment rates to Medicare+Choice organizations so that they reflect only the payment at 100 percent of the fee-for-service rate.

Provides that, in applying risk adjustment factors to payment to Medicare+Choice organizations in a budget neutral manner, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall assure that such factors, in the aggregate, take into account the actual characteristics of the entire Medicare population, and not merely the population of individuals enrolled under a Medicare+Choice plan under part C (Medicare+Choice) of SSA title XVIII.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 9
BERRY, MARION
· May 6, 2004
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 6, 2004
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · May 6, 2004
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · May 6, 2004
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 6, 2004
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 6, 2004
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 6, 2004
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 6, 2004
RODRIGUEZ, CIRO
· May 6, 2004
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 6, 2004
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 6, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4304: Medicare Preservation and Anti-Privatization Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4304/
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