US HB3696 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 115-0)
Status: Introduced on October 7 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on October 7 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Medicare Premium Fairness Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) prevent 2016 increases to Medicare Part B premiums and deductibles for enrollees, and (2) authorize federal funding to offset the corresponding reduction in aggregate monthly premiums. Under current law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must annually determine the monthly actuarial rate upon which Part B premiums and deductibles are based. The bill temporarily freezes that rate at the 2015 level for enrollees, effectively preventing increases to premiums and deductibles for those enrollees in 2016. (Current law already protects Part B enrollees whose benefits are deducted from their Social Security benefits from premium increases that would result in a smaller Social Security check.)
Title
Medicare Premium Fairness Act of 2015
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-10-09 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2015-10-08 | House | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6921) |
2015-10-07 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2015-10-07 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
2015-10-07 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
2015-10-07 | House | 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. |
2015-10-07 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB2148 (Related) 2015-10-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3696/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3696/BILLS-114hr3696ih.pdf |