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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 22, 2010
Removing Deals for Deficit Reduction Act - Repeals specified provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and restores or revives provisions amended or repealed by such provisions, related to: (1) an adjustment to the federal medical assistance percentage for qualifying disaster-recovery states; (2) special rules for Medicare Advantage plans in certain areas allowing the provision of supplemental health care benefits; (3) an adjustment to Medicaid payments for Hawaii for inpatient hospital services provided by a disproportionate share hospital; (4) Medicare coverage eligibility for certain individuals exposed to environmental health hazards; (5) the establishment of a floor on the area wage index for a frontier state for purposes of a geographic adjustment to Medicare payments to hospitals for inpatient services; (6) the appropriation of funds for debt service on, or direct construction or renovation of, a health care facility that provides research, inpatient, tertiary care, or outpatient clinical service; and (7) exemptions for certain health insurers and certain types of insurance from the annual fee for health insurance providers.
People & committees
Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] · D–TN
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to House Ways and Means
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.
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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