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S 3653 111th Congress Senate

Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act

Official title: A bill to remove unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from seniors' personal health decisions by repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board.

Introduced: August 3, 2010 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Health Advisory bodiesHealth care costs and insuranceMedicare
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Jul 27, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 27, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 27, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to eliminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board charged with developing and submitting to the President, for Congress to consider, detailed proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 3
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Sep 13, 2010
Burr, Richard
· Aug 4, 2010
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Aug 3, 2010
Isakson, Johnny
· Aug 3, 2010
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jul 28, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3653: Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3653/
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"S. 3653: Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3653/.
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