3.0.0 2148 2023-01-11T13:29:32Z 2023-01-11T13:29:32Z Senate S 2015-10-07 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-10-07T15:59:01Z Medicare Premium Fairness Act of 2015 114 3696 HR 2015-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2015-10-07 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-10-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2015-10-07 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-10-07 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2015-10-07 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2015-10-07 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2015-10-07 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2015-10-07 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2015-10-07 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-10-07 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2015-10-07 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2015-10-07 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-10-07 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2015-10-07 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2015-10-07 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2015-10-07 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2015-10-07 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2015-10-07 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2015-10-07 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2015-10-07 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2015-10-07 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2015-10-07 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2015-10-08 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2015-10-08 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2015-10-19 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2015-10-20 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2015-10-20 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2015-10-20 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-10-21 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2015-10-21 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2015-10-26 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2015-10-26 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2015-10-27 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2015-10-29 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2015-12-15 False Health Government trust funds Health programs administration and funding Medicare Health 00 2015-10-07 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-20T14:45:22Z Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2015

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) prevent 2016 increases to Medicare Part B premiums and deductibles for enrollees, and (2) authorize federal funding to offset the corresponding reduction in aggregate monthly premiums.

Under current law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must annually determine the monthly actuarial rate upon which Part B premiums and deductibles are based. The bill temporarily freezes that rate at the 2015 level for enrollees, effectively preventing increases to premiums and deductibles for those enrollees in 2016. (Current law already protects Part B enrollees whose benefits are deducted from their Social Security benefits from premium increases that would result in a smaller Social Security check.)

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