[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3950 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3950

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
 application of a consistent Medicare part B premium for all Medicare 
                        beneficiaries for 2011.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 17, 2010

    Mr. Kerry (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Bingaman) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
 application of a consistent Medicare part B premium for all Medicare 
                        beneficiaries for 2011.

    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 ``Medicare Premium Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM FOR 2011.

    Section 1839 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
    ``(5) The monthly premium under this subsection for 2011 shall be 
the monthly premium under this subsection for 2009.''; and
            (2) in subsection (i)(3)(A), by adding after and below 
        clause (ii) the following:
                ``In applying clause (ii) for 2011, the monthly 
                actuarial rate described in such clause shall be such 
                monthly actuarial rate for 2009.''.
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