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117th Congress > House > Vote 94
Clerk session vote number: 95
Sponsor: YARMUTH, John (D-KY)
Description: To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes
Bill summary: This bill makes several budgetary and technical changes to provisions under Medicare and Medicaid.
The bill continues to exempt Medicare from sequestration until December 31, 2021. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)
The bill also specifically
applies certain modified payment limits to rural health clinics that temporarily enrolled in Medicare
during the public health emergency or that applied to enroll by December 31, 2020; and
preserves higher Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payments for public hospitals in California under forthcoming payment methodology changes.
Bill titles: To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes.
Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov
