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HCONRES 39 99th Congress House Social Welfare Medicaid Medicare Social security eligibility

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that no law should be enacted which would restrict eligibility, or increase costs incurred by the elderly and poor, for Medicare and…

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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that no law should be enacted which would restrict eligibility, or increase costs incurred by the elderly and poor, for Medicare and Medicaid.

Introduced: January 24, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Feb 26, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 24, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 24, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 24, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that no law should be enacted which would: (1) increase the costs to be incurred by beneficiaries under titles XVIII (Medicare) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act; or (2) make more restrictive the eligibility requirements under such titles.

What's happening now February 26, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 14, 1985
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · May 14, 1985
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 24, 1985
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 39: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that no law should be enacted which would restrict eligibility, or increase costs incurred by the elderly and poor, for Medicare and Medicaid.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-39/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 39: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that no law should be enacted which would restrict eligibility, or increase costs incurred by the elderly and poor, for Medicare and Medicaid.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-39/.
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H. Con. Res. 39, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-39/.
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[H. Con. Res. 39: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that no law should be enacted which would restrict eligibility, or increase costs incurred by the elderly and poor, for Medicare and Medicaid.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-39/)
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