H.R. 6212 - Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement of Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008
Health policy. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
- Sponsor:
- Sheila Jackson-Lee
- Summary:
- Status:
- The bill has been introduced.
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Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement of Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008
H.R. 6212 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement of Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008
- Sponsor
- Sheila Jackson-Lee
- Co-Sponsors
- Subjects
- Health policy
- Access to health care
- Accreditation (Medical care)
- Afghanistan
- Aged
- Aid to dependent children
- Ambulances
- Ambulatory care
- Anesthetics
- Armed forces
- Armed forces reserves
- Budgets
- Business
- Capitation (Medical care)
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Cash welfare block grants
- Children
- Chronically ill
- Coinsurance
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Defense policy
- Diabetes
- Disabled
- Drugs
- Education
- Electronic data interchange
- Emergency management
- Families
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Finance
- Government trust funds
- Health information systems
- Health insurance
- Higher education
- Hospital rates
- Hospitals
- Imaging systems in medicine
- Insurance premiums
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Kidney diseases
- Lung diseases
- Marketing
- Medicaid
- Medical care
- Medical education
- Medical fees
- Medical statistics
- Medically uninsured
- Medicare
- Medicine
- Medigap
- Mental health services
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military operations
- Minorities
- Minority health
- Performance measurement
- Physicians
- Prescription pricing
- Preventive medicine
- Public contracts
- Quality of care
- Rural affairs
- Rural health
- Self-help devices for the disabled
- South Asia
- State and local government
- Subsidies
- Technology
- Telecommunication
- Veterans
- Veterans' medical care
- Welfare
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 6/09/2008 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 6/09/2008 6/09/2008 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. 6/09/2008 Referred to House Energy and Commerce 6/09/2008 Referred to House Ways and Means 6/17/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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