3.0.0 251 2023-01-11T13:34:51Z 2023-01-11T13:34:51Z Senate S 2017-02-01 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-01T21:14:45Z Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act 115 849 HR 2017-11-06 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 115 260 S 2017-02-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Text of measure as introduced: CR S597) Related bill CRS 2017-02-01 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-02-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2017-02-01 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2017-02-01 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2017-02-02 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-02-13 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2017-02-14 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2017-02-16 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2017-02-27 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2017-03-08 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2017-04-27 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2017-05-24 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2017-06-13 False H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2017-07-10 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2017-10-04 False D000607 Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] Joe Donnelly D IN 2017-11-28 False Health Advisory bodies Executive agency funding and structure Health programs administration and funding Medicare Health 00 2017-02-01 Introduced in Senate 2017-11-06T16:20:34Z Protecting Medicare from Executive Action Act of 2017

This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to terminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Under PPACA, the IPAB is tasked with developing proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending.

]]> Protecting Medicare from Executive Action Act of 2017 Display Title Protecting Medicare from Executive Action Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board in order to ensure that it cannot be used to undermine the Medicare entitlement for beneficiaries. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Medicare from Executive Action Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s251is/xml/BILLS-115s251is.xml 2017-02-01 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.