HRES 267
108th Congress
House
Health
Access to health care
Hospital rates
Housing and Community Development
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Quality of care
Rural health
Social Welfare
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is a need to protect and strengthen Medicare beneficiaries' access to quality health care in rural America.
Introduced: June 10, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 24, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 19, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 10, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Jun 10, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Supports payment rates for rural physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers that are adequate, and equitable to their urban counterparts. Encourages Federal efforts to address the current inequities in Medicare reimbursement rates and to ensure access to quality, affordable health care.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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