United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4078 (109th)
Maintaining Medicare Access Act of 2005
Introduced
19 October 2005
Last action
4 November 2005 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-10], Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1], Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45], JOHN SHIMKUS, Michael Burgess, Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3], FRED UPTON, Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7], Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8], GREG WALDEN, Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2], Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1], Rep. Taylor, Charles H. [R-NC-11], Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-22], Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5], Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4], Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large], Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9], Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23], Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3], Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2], Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2], Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
15 August 2025
Summary
Maintaining Medicare Access Act of 2005 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish the single conversion factor for Medicare physician payment rates for 2006 at not less than the level for 2005.
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Timeline
19 October 2005
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
19 October 2005
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
19 October 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
19 October 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 November 2005
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 19 October 2005 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 19 October 2005
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 19 October 2005
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 19 October 2005
Sponsors
- Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-10] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45] · R · Cosponsor
- JOHN SHIMKUS · R · Cosponsor
- Michael Burgess · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3] · R · Cosponsor
- FRED UPTON · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] · R · Cosponsor
- GREG WALDEN · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Taylor, Charles H. [R-NC-11] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-22] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/4078
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4078
- us · 109-hr-4078 · source updated 15 August 2025