Bill Title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for direct payment to physician assistants under the Medicare program for certain services furnished by such physician assistants.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. [SB596 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography	BioGuide
Senator John Barrasso [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-WY	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Thomas Carper [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-DE	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Pat Roberts [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-KS	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Kevin Cramer [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-ND	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MS	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jon Tester [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Joni Ernst [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-IA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Lisa Murkowski [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AK	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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