A bill to establish the Independent Commission on Medicare to make recommendations on how best to match the structure of the Medicare program with the funding made available for the program by Congress, to provide for expedited consideration in Congress of the Commission's recommendations, and to establish a default process for meeting Congressional spending targets for the Medicare program if Congress rejects the Commission's recommendations
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules; United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget
Publisher: [United States Government Printing Office]
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Medicare; Finance; Law and legislation; Cost control; Budget; Executive advisory bodies
Other titles: Commission to Save Medicare Act of 1997.; 105th Congress, 1st Session, H.R. 406 in the House of Representatives.; To establish the Independent Commission on Medicare to make recommendations on how best to match the structure of the Medicare program with the funding made available for the program by Congress ...
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Introduced January 9, 1997; referred to the Committees on Ways and Means, Commerce, Rules, and the Budget.