MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG, IMPROVEMENT, AND MODERNIZATION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Cost containment provisions: repeal (see H.R. 2009), H3777 [23AP]

Medicare: expand comparative effectiveness research and increase funding for such research to improve the value of health care (see H.R. 2184), H4552 [7MY]

———permit Puerto Rico to qualify for Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 613), H834 [22JA]

———provide additional beneficiary protections (see S. 137), S39 [4JA]

———repeal income-related increase in part B premiums (see H.R. 4330), H14493 (see H.R. 4330), H15207 [6DE]

———repeal Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund (see S. 706), S2355 [28FE]

———repeal reduction in payment for therapeutic shoes and inserts for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 2888), H7339 [27JN]

Residency program: technical correction (see S. 954), S3516 [21MR] (see H.R. 2875), H7338 [27JN]

Remarks in Senate

Commission To Strengthen Confidence in Congress: require a report regarding political contributions before and after the enactment of certain laws, S553-S555 [16JA]

Medicare: provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs, S326-S329 [10JA]

Residency program: technical correction (S. 954), S3528 [21MR]

Texts of

S. 137, Preserving Medicare for All Act, S134 [4JA]

S. 954, Medicare Residency Program Technical Correction Act, S3528 [21MR]