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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 27, 2000
Medicare Equity and Access Act of 2000 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) elimination of reduction in Medicare+Choice payment rates by neutrality adjustments; (2) modification of the application of blended capitation rate area-specific and national percentages for years after 2000; (3) an increase in the baseline of the national per capita Medicare+Choice growth percentage for years after 2000; and (4) inclusion of costs of certain Department of Defense military treatment facility services to Medicare-eligible beneficiaries in the calculation of Medicare+Choice payment rates.
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Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] · R–WA
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