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P.L. 110-275, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.29

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6331 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, it would improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, it would enhance low-income benefit programs, and it would maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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S. 3236, The Medicare and Medicaid Extension Act of 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3236 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend provisions under Medicare and Medicaid programs....

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S. 3144, The Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3144 would amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay and reform the Medicare competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies....

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H.R. 6252, The Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6252 would amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay and reform the Medicare competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies....

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S. 3101, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $18.14

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3101 would 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....

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S. 3116, The Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2008

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3116 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize and modernize the provision of partial hospitalization services under the Medicare program....

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H.R. 6212, The Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement of Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6212 would 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....

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H.R. 5923, The Patients' Health Care Reform Act

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5923 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable and advancable credit against income tax for health insurance costs, and it would allow employees who elect not to participate in employer subsidized health plans an exclusion from gross income for employer payments in lieu of such participations....

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H.R. 5799, The Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5799 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities....

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H.R. 1237, The Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1237 would amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations....

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H.R. 5623, The Department of Veterans Affairs Prosthetics Employees Standards Act of 2007

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5623 would amend title 38, United States Code, to establish licensure requirements for employees and contractor personnel of the Department of Veterans Affairs performing orthotics services, pedorthics services, or prosthetics services in any State in which there is a State licensure requirement for persons performing those services in private practice....

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S. 2641, The Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2641 would amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities....

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H.R. 4993, The Vaccines for the Uninsured Adult Act of 2008

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4993 would amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the availability of vaccines....

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S. 2510, The Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2510 would amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations....

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H.R. 4705, The Vaccines for the Uninsured Adult Act of 2008

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4705 would amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the availability of vaccines....

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S. 2466, The Vaccines for the Uninsured Adult Act of 2008

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2466 would amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the availability of vaccines....

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H.R. 4218, The Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4218 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self-management training by designating certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services under part B of the Medicare Program....

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H.R. 4232, The Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4232 would improve mental and substance use health care....

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H.R. 380, The Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1.71

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 380 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs....

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H.R. 3162, The Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1014.72

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3162 would amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the children's health insurance program, to improve beneficiary protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP program....

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S. 1842, The Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1842 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protection by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work in certain providers of services to which payments are made under the Medicare Program....

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S. 1824, The Hospital Quality Report Card Act of 2007

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1824 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative under the Medicare program to assess and report on health care quality in hospitals....

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H.R. 2739, The TRICARE Mental Health Services Enhancement Act

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2739 would amend title 10, United States Code, relating to payment of mental health counselors under TRICARE....

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H.R. 2731, The Safe Tissue Act

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2731 would improve the oversight and regulation of tissue banks and the tissue donation process....

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P.L. 110-28, The U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1348.47

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2206 would make emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007....

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