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S 1497 112th Congress Senate

Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act of 2011

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend for 3 years reasonable cost contracts under Medicare.

Introduced: August 2, 2011 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Health Health care costs and insuranceMedicare
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Aug 2, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 2, 2011
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 Latest action August 2, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend through December 31, 2015, the indefinite extendability or renewability of Medicare reasonable cost reimbursement contracts.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2770 Identical bill Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 15, 2012
 D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Aug 2, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1497: Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1497/
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"S. 1497: Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1497/.
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S. 1497, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1497/.
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