United States · Bill · S
S. 789 (112th)
A bill to express the sense of the Senate that Medicare should not be dismantled and turned into a voucher program.
Introduced
12 April 2011
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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7 April 2025
Summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Medicare should not be dismantled and turned into a voucher or premium-support program; (2) deficit reduction should not be achieved by simply passing on the costs of health care to Medicare beneficiaries; (3) guaranteed Medicare benefits should be preserved; (4) medical decisions should be made by seniors and their doctors, not insurance companies; and (5) deficit reduction should be achieved by lowering health care costs through delivery system reforms.
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3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 April 2011
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 April 2011
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 12 April 2011
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/789
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/789