111th Congress > House > Vote 735

Date: September 24, 2009

Result: 406-18 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 737

Vote Subject Matter: Social Welfare / Domestic Social Policy

Sponsor: TITUS, Alice (Dina) (D-NV)

Bill number: HR3631

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Description: Medicare Premium Fairness Act

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Medicare Premium Fairness Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled) premium for 2010. Makes such premium, and the related monthly actuarial rate, the same as those for 2009. Requires transfer from the Treasury general fund to the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund of an amount estimated to be equivalent to the aggregate reduction in part B premiums resulting from application of this Act. Revises the formula for funding the Medicare Improvement Fund (MIF) to reduce (offset) the amount available to the MIF for FY2014 by the transferred amount plus $567 million. Makes $567 million the amount available to the MIF for FY2015.

Bill titles: To amend title XVIII to provide for the application of a consistent Medicare part B premium for all Medicare beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner for 2010.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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