US Congress Senate Bill 789 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on April 12 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-04-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Medicare should not be dismantled and turned into a voucher or premium-support program; (2) deficit reduction should not be achieved by simply passing on the costs of health care to Medicare beneficiaries; (3) guaranteed Medicare benefits should be preserved; (4) medical decisions should be made by seniors and their doctors, not insurance companies; and (5) deficit reduction should be achieved by lowering health care costs through delivery system reforms.

A bill to express the sense of the Senate that Medicare should not be dismantled and turned into a voucher program.

Sen. Max Baucus [D-MT]

Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/789/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s789/BILLS-112s789is.pdf