[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12154]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME

  The following bill was read the first time:

       S. 3118. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by 
     preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee 
     schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value 
     based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic 
     prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in 
     rural areas, and for other purposes.

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