[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5175 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5175

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize the amount 
                    of the Medicare part B premium.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2004

    Mr. Carson of Oklahoma introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
   the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize the amount 
                    of the Medicare part B premium.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keep the Promise of Medicare Act of 
2004''.

SEC. 2. STABILIZATION OF MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM.

    Section 1839(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395r(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``Notwithstanding the preceding sentences, the monthly 
premium rate determined under this paragraph for each month in 2005 may 
not exceed an amount equal to the monthly premium rate determined under 
this paragraph for each month in 2004 adjusted by the percentage change 
in the average Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical 
Workers (CPI-W) for the third quarter of 2003 to the third quarter of 
2004.''.
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