Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-351
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2013-02-14
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Health care costs and insurance

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013 - Repeals sections of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (PPACA) (and restores provisions of law amended by such sections) related to the establishment of an Independent Payment Advisory Board to develop and submit detailed proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending to the President for Congress to consider.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 351 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 14, 2013 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Hatch , Mr. Coats , Mr. Chambliss , Mr. Risch , Mr. Cochran , Mr. Johanns , Mr. Wicker , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Grassley , Mr. Portman , Mr. Coburn , Mr. Flake , Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin , Mr. Thune , Mr. Graham , Mr. Moran , Mr. Boozman , Mr. Burr , Ms. Collins , Mr. Paul , Mr. Isakson , Mr. Hoeven , Mr. Toomey , Mr. Roberts , Mr. Blunt , Mrs. Fischer , Ms. Ayotte , and Mr. Enzi ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act of 2013 . 2. Repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board Effective as of the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ), sections 3403 and 10320 of such Act (including the amendments made by such sections) are repealed, and any provision of law amended by such sections is hereby restored as if such sections had not been enacted into law.