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S 3599 115th Congress Senate Health Health care costs and insurance Home and outpatient care Hospital care Inflation and prices Medicare Wages and earnings

Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 2018

Introduced: October 11, 2018 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 115th Congress ended
It never became law before the 115th Congress (2017–2018) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Oct 11, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 11, 2018
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 2018

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 October 11, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6855 Related bill To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify and permanently extend the Medicare hospital wage index imput…
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Oct 11, 2018
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Oct 11, 2018
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Oct 11, 2018
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Oct 11, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3599: Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3599/
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"S. 3599: Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3599/.
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S. 3599, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3599/.
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