[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 663 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 663

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any savings 
 under the Medicare Program should be invested back into the Medicare 
        Program, rather than creating new entitlement programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2009

   Mr. Moran of Kansas submitted the following resolution; 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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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any savings 
 under the Medicare Program should be invested back into the Medicare 
        Program, rather than creating new entitlement programs.

Whereas the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund established under section 1817 
        of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i) is projected to be 
        insolvent by 2017; and
Whereas the Medicaid Program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) is the largest source of general revenue spending 
        on health care for both the Federal Government and the States: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) any savings under the Medicare Program under title 
        XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) 
        should be invested back into the Medicare Program, rather than 
        creating new entitlement programs; and
            (2) any savings under the Medicaid Program under title XIX 
        of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) should be 
        used to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (as 
        defined in section 1905(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b))).
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