[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2805 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2805

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the amount of 
 the premium charged for enrollment in part A of the Medicare program 
               for individuals 80 years of age or older.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

            December 18 (legislative day, December 15), 1995

 Mr. Stark (for himself and Mr. Matsui) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the amount of 
 the premium charged for enrollment in part A of the medicare program 
               for individuals 80 years of age or older.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADJUSTMENT IN PART A PREMIUM FOR INDIVIDUALS 80 YEARS OF AGE 
              OR OLDER.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 1818 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-2) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) The Secretary shall, during September of each year determine 
and promulgate the dollar amount which shall be applicable for premiums 
for months occurring in the following year, except that in the case of 
an individual who has attained 80 years of age, the dollar amount for 
months in 1996 shall be $100 and the dollar amount for months in a 
succeeding year shall be equal to the amount of the premium determined 
under this subsection for months in the previous year increased by the 
same percentage as the percentage increase in the consumer price index 
for all urban consumers (all items; U.S. city average), as published by 
the Department of Commerce, for the 12-month period ending in September 
of such previous year. Any amount determined under the preceding 
sentence which is not a multiple of $1 shall be rounded to the nearest 
multiple of $1 (or, if it is a multiple of 50 cents but not a multiple 
of $1, to the next higher multiple of $1).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to premiums for months beginning with January 1996.
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