HR 4620
99th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Extended care facilities
Health facilities
Inflation
Medicare
Medicare Fair Hospital Deductible Act
Introduced: April 17, 1986
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 22, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 17, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 17, 1986
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Fair Hospital Deductible Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to change the date by which the Secretary of Health and Human Services must determine the inpatient hospital deductible for the year. Limits the increase in such deductible to no more than the cost-of-living increase reflected in benefit payments under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Act.
Provides that the extended care coinsurance amount for any spell of illness in any year shall equal one-twelfth of the inpatient hospital deductible for illnesses beginning in such year.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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