[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 201 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 201

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

                            January 4, 2005

Mr. Scott of Georgia 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 
2005''.

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 2006 may 
not exceed an amount equal to the monthly premium rate determined under 
this paragraph for each month in 2005 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 2004 to the third quarter of 
2005.''.
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