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S. 916 (99th)
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to make permanent the provision limiting increases in the medicare part B premium to the extent necessary to insure that there will not be a net reduction in the benefit check after applying the cost-of-living increase (or when there is no such increase).
Introduced
16 April 1985
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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 B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that if there is not a cost-of-living increase in benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of such Act in December of any given year then there will not be an increase in part B premiums in the succeeding year.
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 16 April 1985
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/916
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/99/s/916