SRES 231
111th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Medicare
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any health care reform proposal should slow the long-term growth of health costs and reduce the growth rate of Federal health care spending.
Introduced: July 30, 2009
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 30, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8566-8567)
Jul 30, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8567)
Jul 30, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that any health care reform proposal should: (1) reduce total spending on health care in the United States during the next decade to below current projections by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and (2) reduce the growth rate of federal health care spending.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8566-8567)
Committees of jurisdiction
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