Equal Access to Medicare Act of 2003

3.0.0 345 2023-01-15T22:18:45Z 2023-01-15T22:18:45Z Senate S S 2003-02-11 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-02-11T19:43:58Z 2003-02-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2205) IntroReferral 2003-02-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2205) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-02-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2003-02-11 True G000352 Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] DANIEL GRAHAM D FL ROBERT 2003-02-11 True E000286 Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC] JOHN EDWARDS D NC 2003-02-11 True S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2003-02-11 True Health Access to health care Commerce Consumer protection Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Law Medical fees Medical personnel Medicare Midwives Nurse practitioners Nurses Physicians Physicians' assistants Psychologists Restrictive trade practices Social Welfare Social work Women Health

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Equal Access to Medicare Act of 2003 Display Title Equal Access to Medicare Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit physicians and other health care practitioners from charging membership or other incidental fee (or requiring purchase of other items or services) as a prerequisite for the provision of an item or service to a medicare beneficiary. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Equal Access to Medicare Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-02-11T05:00:00Z 2003-02-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2205) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.