H.R. 7241 would preserve access to healthcare under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inPreserving Access to editHealthcare (PATH) Act of 2008 - Declares that between October 1, 2008, and March 31, 2009, specified regulations regarding the wikiformula for determining the federal rate for inpatient hospital capital-related costs under the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) shall apply without the mandatory phase out of the indirect medical education adjustment factor.

Directs the Secretary of Health and beHuman Services to delay for six months following enactment of this Act any implementation of the firstMedicaid outpatient hospital services regulation proposed on September 28, 2007.

Prohibits the Secretary from phasing out or eliminating the Medicare hospice wage index budget neutrality adjustment factor before April 1, 2009.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and upon the request of the state of California, to provide a detailed summaryextend approval, and full federal financial participation, of the bill!)state's Medicaid family planning demonstration project until June 30, 2009, under the eligibility requirements and processes that were in place before the project's first extension period.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 10/2/2008: Referred to House committee. Status: 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.
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== Points in Favor ==

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