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S. 3665 116th Congress Senate

Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2020

Official title: A bill to amend the title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to rural health care by ensuring fairness in Medicare hospital payments.

Introduced: May 7, 2020 See on congress.gov
Health Health care coverage and accessHome and outpatient careHospital careMedicare
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Rural conditions and developmentWages and earnings
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) 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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May 7, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 7, 2020
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 Latest action May 7, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2020

This bill establishes an area wage adjustment floor for Medicare hospital payments in states that are not frontier states and excludes such adjustments from certain budget neutrality rules.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4521 Health Care Improvement Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 4
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jun 2, 2020
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Jun 2, 2020
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · May 7, 2020
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Cornyn, John
Texas · May 7, 2020
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · May 7, 2020
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · May 7, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3665: Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3665/
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"S. 3665: Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3665/.
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S. 3665, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3665/.
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