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HR 6129 110th Congress House

Assuring Access to Medicare Doctors Act of 2008

Official title: To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend for 7 months the Medicare physician payment rates.

Introduced: May 22, 2008 See on congress.gov
Health Economics and Public FinanceEmergency ManagementEmergency medicineGovernment trust funds
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Jun 3, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 3, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4868-4874)
May 22, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 22, 2008
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.
May 22, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 3, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Assuring Access to Medicare Doctors Act of 2008 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare physician payment rates.

Makes adjustments to funding available to the Physician Assistance and Quality Initiative (PAQI) Fund. Reduces amounts available to the Fund for expenditure during 2013, but adds funds for 2014 expenditures (under the same limitations provided for those made with money available during 2013).

Provides for the transfer and deposit into the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund of amounts appropriated under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, which have not otherwise been obligated as of January 1, 2009, for allotments to states for payments to eligible providers for unreimbursable costs incurred by providing emergency health care services to undocumented aliens

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 3
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jul 8, 2008
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jun 3, 2008
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · May 22, 2008
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · May 22, 2008
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · May 22, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6129: Assuring Access to Medicare Doctors Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6129/
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"H.R. 6129: Assuring Access to Medicare Doctors Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6129/.
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H.R. 6129, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6129/.
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