A bill to express the sense of the Senate that Medicare should not be dismantled and turned into a voucher program.

3.0.0 789 2022-02-03T05:53:24Z 2022-02-03T05:53:24Z Senate S S 2011-04-12 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-04-12T18:41:18Z 2011-04-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2011-04-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN N N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2011-04-12 True Health Budget deficits and national debt Health care costs and insurance Health programs administration and funding Medicare Health

00 2011-04-12 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-01T21:03:28Z 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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A bill to express the sense of the Senate that Medicare should not be dismantled and turned into a voucher program. Display Title A bill to express the sense of the Senate that Medicare should not be dismantled and turned into a voucher program. Official Title as Introduced A bill to express the sense of the Senate that Medicare should not be dismantled and turned into a voucher program. Introduced in Senate 2011-04-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s789is/xml/BILLS-112s789is.xml 2011-04-12 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.