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HR 4985 111th Congress House Health Advisory bodies Health care costs and insurance Medicare

Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2010

Introduced: April 20, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 9, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 25, 2010
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 25, 2010
Referred to House Rules
Mar 25, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and 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.
Mar 25, 2010
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 25, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2010 - Repeals sections of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (PPACA) (and restores provisions of law amended by such sections) related to the establishment of an Independent Payment Advisory Board to develop and submit detailed proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending to the President for Congress to consider.

What's happening now April 9, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Republican 7
R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · May 6, 2010
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Apr 21, 2010
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Apr 20, 2010
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Apr 15, 2010
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Apr 14, 2010
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 25, 2010
Chaffetz, Jason
· Mar 25, 2010
Fallin, Mary
· Mar 25, 2010
Griffith, Parker
· Mar 25, 2010
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Mar 25, 2010
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Mar 25, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4985: Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4985/
MLA
"H.R. 4985: Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4985/.
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H.R. 4985, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4985/.
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