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Protecting the American Taxpayer and Medicare Act

Introduced: December 8, 2021 Introduced by: Kennedy, John Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Dec 8, 2021

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Protecting the American Taxpayer and Medicare Act

This bill makes several budgetary and technical changes, particularly in relation to Medicare.

Specifically, the bill continues to exempt Medicare from sequestration until March 31, 2022. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)

Additionally, the bill (1) temporarily extends other provisions under Medicare, including a payment increase under the physician fee schedule; and (2) requires any debits recorded for FY2022 on the statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) scorecards to be deducted from the scorecards for 2022 and added to the scorecards for 2023.

What's happening now December 8, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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