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S. 2341 (99th)
A bill to amend part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to freeze the inpatient hospital deductible and to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to propose a more equitable method of adjusting such deductible.
Introduced
21 April 1986
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Status
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Health and Human Services Department.
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Summary
Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to freeze the inpatient hospital deductible in the case of any spell of illness beginning after 1985. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to propose to the Congress methods by which the annual adjustment in the inpatient hospital deductible may be made more comparable to the annual adjustment made in the prospective payment rates used to cover the operating costs of inpatient hospital services.
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 21 April 1986
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2341
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/99/s/2341