3.0.0 3337 2019-02-20T23:40:22Z 2019-02-24T01:12:46Z Senate S S 2012-06-25 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-06-25T18:44:32Z 2012-06-25 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2012-06-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N Health Budget deficits and national debt Child health Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Medicaid Medicare Poverty and welfare assistance Health 00 2012-06-25 Introduced in Senate 2012-09-06T16:28:57Z Access to Physicians in Medicare Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to payment for physicians' services to require that, in lieu of the update to the single conversion factor that would otherwise apply for 2013 and thereafter, the update to the single conversion factor for each such year be the lesser of: (1) the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the year; and (2) 3.0%. (Thus repeals the Medicare sustainable growth rate formula.)

Repeals as of its date of enactment any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or any amendment made by it, that amends or authorizes a program or activity with respect to the Medicaid program under SSA title XIX or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) under SSA title XXI, except for certain program integrity and transparency requirements.

Repeals PPACA title I, relating to health care access and coverage, and restores or revives the provisions of law amended or repealed by title I as if title I had not been enacted.

Repeals provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 related to: (1) amendments to the Internal Revenue Code regarding health care coverage, including establishment in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of a Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund; and (2) Medicaid.

Requires the use of any reduced federal expenditures resulting from this Act to reduce the federal deficit.

]]> Access to Physicians in Medicare Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Access to Physicians in Medicare Act of 2012 Display Title Access to Physicians in Medicare Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the elimination of the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula to ensure access to physicians' services for Medicare beneficiaries. Introduced in Senate 2012-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3337is/xml/BILLS-112s3337is.xml 2012-06-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.