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HR 6966 110th Congress House

Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008

Official title: To require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the Medicare urban hospital wage floor.

Introduced: September 18, 2008 Introduced by: Larson, John B. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Health Economics and Public FinanceHospital personnelHospitalsLabor and Employment
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MedicareSocial WelfareWages
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 18, 2008
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 Latest action September 18, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2008, to continue to apply budget neutrality on a national basis in the calculation of the urban hospital wage floor for discharges occurring during FY2008 under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (through a uniform, national adjustment to the area wage index).

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Sep 25, 2008
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 22, 2008
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Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Sep 18, 2008
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 18, 2008
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Sep 18, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6966: Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6966/
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"H.R. 6966: Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6966/.
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