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HR 6855 115th Congress House Health Health care costs and insurance Home and outpatient care Hospital care Inflation and prices Medicare Wages and earnings

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify and permanently extend the Medicare hospital wage index imputed rural floor.

Introduced: September 20, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 27, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 20, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 20, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill provides statutory authority for, and extends, a specified methodology used to calculate the minimum Medicare hospital wage index for all-urban states.

What's happening now September 27, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3599 Related bill Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 5 Republican 1
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Sep 27, 2018
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Sep 20, 2018
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Sep 20, 2018
Lance, Leonard
· Sep 20, 2018
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Sep 20, 2018
 D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Sep 20, 2018
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Sep 20, 2018
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 20, 2018
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Sep 20, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6855: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify and permanently extend the Medicare hospital wage index imputed rural floor.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6855/
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"H.R. 6855: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify and permanently extend the Medicare hospital wage index imputed rural floor.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6855/.
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H.R. 6855, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6855/.
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