US Congress House Bill 3696 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 115-0)
Status: Introduced on October 7 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Premium Fairness Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) prevent 2016 increases to Medicare Part B premiums and deductibles for enrollees, and (2) authorize federal funding to offset the corresponding reduction in aggregate monthly premiums. Under current law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must annually determine the monthly actuarial rate upon which Part B premiums and deductibles are based. The bill temporarily freezes that rate at the 2015 level for enrollees, effectively preventing increases to premiums and deductibles for those enrollees in 2016. (Current law already protects Part B enrollees whose benefits are deducted from their Social Security benefits from premium increases that would result in a smaller Social Security check.)

Medicare Premium Fairness Act of 2015

Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-10-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-10-08	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6921)
2015-10-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-10-07	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-10-07	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-10-07	House	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.
2015-10-07	House	Introduced in House

SB2148 (Related) 2015-10-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3696/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3696/BILLS-114hr3696ih.pdf