Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-260
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-02-01
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Health care costs and insurance

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Text of measure as introduced: CR S597)

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends&nbsp;the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to terminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Under PPACA,&nbsp;the IPAB is tasked with developing proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 260 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 1, 2017 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Risch , Mr. Roberts , Mr. Portman , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Cassidy , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Grassley , Mr. McCain , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Flake , Mr. Heller , Mr. Thune , Mr. Daines , Mr. Moran , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Cochran , Mr. Scott , Mr. Toomey , Mr. Johnson , Mr. Isakson , Mr. Shelby , and Mr. Wicker ) 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 2017 . 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Act ( Public Law 111–148 ), sections 3403 and 10320 of such Act (including the amendments made by such sections) are repealed, and any provision of law amended by such sections is hereby restored as if such sections had not been enacted into law.