WashingtonWatch.com - Budget Category: Medicare

H.R. 3961, The Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $2811.86

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 3961 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform the Medicare SGR payment system for physicians....

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S. 1776, The Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $1879.31

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1776 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the update under the Medicare physician fee schedule for years beginning with 2010 and to sunset the application of the sustainable growth rate formula....

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H.R. 3200, The America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $12844.60

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3200 would provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending....

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H.R. 971, The Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $3.63

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 971 would ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers (including health plans under parts C and D of the Medicare Program) in the same manner as such laws apply to protected activities under the National Labor Relations Act....

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S. 1577, The Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.16

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1577 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require screening, including national criminal history background checks, of direct patient access employees of skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and other long-term care facilities and providers, and it would provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers....

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P.L. 110-275, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.29

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6331 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, it would improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, it would enhance low-income benefit programs, and it would maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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S. 1695, The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.61

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1695 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products, and it would promote innovation in the life sciences....

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S. 3101, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $18.14

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3101 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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S. 3118, The Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $25.55

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3118 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in rural areas....

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H.R. 5781, The Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $7.77

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5781 would provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave....

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H.R. 1223, The Keeping Faith With the Greatest Generation Military Retirees Act - Cost per Average Family: $136.09

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1223 would amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive Medicare part B premiums for certain military retirees....

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H.R. 5613, The Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $4.89

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5613 would extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009....

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S. 2662, The Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008 - Savings per Average Family: $131.89

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2662 would respond to a medicare funding warning....

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H.R. 5480, The Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008 - Savings per Average Family: $131.89

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5480 would respond to a Medicare funding warning....

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P.L. 110-173, The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $20.67

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2499 would amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend provisions under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP programs....

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P.L. 110-90, The TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $2.75

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3668 would provide for the extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA), the abstinence education program, and the qualifying individuals (QI) program....

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P.L. 110-85, The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 - Savings per Average Family: $0.21

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3580 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and for medical devices, and it would enhance the postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to the safety of drugs....

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P.L. 110-48, A bill to provide for the extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA) and the abstinence education program through the end of fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $0.18

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1701 would provide for the extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA) and the abstinence education program through the end of fiscal year 2007....

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H.R. 3162, The Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1014.72

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3162 would amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the children's health insurance program, to improve beneficiary protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP program....

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H.R. 3046, The Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.42

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3046 would amend the Social Security Act to enhance Social Security account number privacy protections, it would prevent fraudulent misuse of the Social Security account number, and it would otherwise enhance protection against identity theft....

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H.R. 2900, The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $76.91

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2900 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and for medical devices, and it would enhance the postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to the safety of drugs....

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S. 1348, The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1054.26

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1348 would provide for comprehensive immigration reform....

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S. 1082, The Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $72.91

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1082 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee provisions....

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S. 3, The Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.06

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3 would amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fair prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries....

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P.L. 109-432, The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 - Savings per Average Family: $293.43

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 6111 (enacted as Public Law 109-432) makes various changes to tax and trade law. It also makes multiple changes in the Medicare program and provides for additional offshore oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico. Finally, it amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. The tax law changes include extending and expanding certain expiring provisions, altering rules for health savings accounts (HSA), and expanding the use of tax credits against the alternative minimum tax. Additio...

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