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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="849" measure-id="id115hr849" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2017-02-03" update-date="2017-11-06">
<title>Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr849v36" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2017-11-06">
<action-date>2017-11-02</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House amended</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on October 31, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><b>Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends&nbsp;the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to terminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Under PPACA,&nbsp;the IPAB is tasked with developing proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id115hr849v18" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2017-11-06">
<action-date>2017-10-31</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to House amended, Part I</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends&nbsp;the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to terminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Under PPACA,&nbsp;the IPAB is tasked with developing proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id115hr849v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2017-11-06">
<action-date>2017-02-03</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends&nbsp;the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to terminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Under PPACA,&nbsp;the IPAB is tasked with developing proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending.</p>]]></summary-text>
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