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Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
A bill 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 Bill Titles (2 more) 6/6/2008--Introduced.
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for coverage of additional preventive services.
Provides for gradual elimination of copayment rates for Medicare psychiatri... moreSee Full Bill Text
Amendments
This bill has 2 amendments. See All Amendments
Bill Status
| Introduced |  | Voted on by Senate | | Voted on by House | | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| June 06, 2008 |
Latest Vote
| June 12, 2008Roll call number 149 in the Senate | |||
| Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3101 ) | |||
| Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 3/5 (60%) | Percentage of 'aye' votes: 54% | Result: Cloture Motion Rejected | |
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July 10, 2008 Inhofe Says Election Year Politics Trumped Sound Policy
On June 12, Senate Democrats brought up S. 3101 to address the physician reimbursement issue, but the bill also changes treatment options under the Medicare ...
June 26, 2008 Pelosi: Senate Republicans Should Stop Blocking Vote on Medicare ...
... which is quite similar to S. 3101, they will have to explain their action to seniors and persons with disabilities when they are home next week. ...
June 24, 2008 NCPA Statement Supporting HR 6331
While the bill closely mirrors S. 3101 -- which received 54 votes last week in an attempt to achieve cloture -- a third provision was added that is also ...
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October 23, 2008 Sen. Barack Obama [D-IL]âs Voting Record
Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3101. Cloture Motion Rejected 54-39, 7 not voting (3/5 required). Senate Roll #148. Jun 10, 2008 12:27 PM. No Vote. Confirmation of Mark S. Davis of Virginia, ...
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October 03, 2008 Barack Obamaâs Full Voting Record
6/12/08, Vote 149: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3101; Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, Not Voting. 6/10/08, Vote 148: On the Nomination: ...
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October 01, 2008 Society of Hospital Medicine | Letters to Congress and Regulatory ...
SHM comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 2009 IPPS Proposed Rule Click here to read more June 13, 2008. SHM Endorses S. 3101, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 ...
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What is the logic behind not voting for this bill? As it stands doctors still lose money (just not as much), and patients will still see their disgruntled doctoers who are essentially taking a pay cut. It seems like a republicans dream.
The issue is that the people out there who are telling these people about the programs and are getting them enrolled won't be able to afford to do their job. They do not get paid much as it is and they also have to pay all of their own expenses, including gasoline. The bill makes up for the increased cost of additional services to seniors by cutting the pay to the insurance companies that provide Medicare Part C, which in turn will result in a pay cut to all the people working to reach these seniors. What good will the improvements do if there aren't people telling them how and where to access them???
If this bill passes how can a doctor afford to practice. Is anyone concern if we get quality healthcare. Everyone else in the country gets a raise while doctors pay high malpractice insurance and pay cuts.
As a practice administrator, I must speak out to the importance of this bill. I come into daily contact with a multitude of confused and dissatisfied senior patients. They are being targeted by these Advantage insurance companies, told they have a 5.00 Copay, which then increases to a 15.00 copay, etc. etc....on top of that I spend endless hours trying to track down which Advantage plan they currently have, some claims have been in limbo so long that when I finally get it to the correct insurance I get a "past timely filing" denial. Our patients praise our doctor regularly, they complain of the dishonest and misleading tactics used by the advantage insurers regularly.....tell me again WHY!!!?? are the doctors and clinics get a pay cut and the crooked and FOR PROFIT medicare Advantage insurers getting even more of a FREE RIDE???
you are right on! these advantage insurers are elderly abusers, plain and simple!!
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