To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a rate that is at least 101 percent of the payment rate otherwise applicable under the Medicare Program.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

20 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 14 Democrats, 1 independent

5 of 20 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.

Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Ed Case (D-HI), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Martin Frost (D-TX), Christopher John (D-LA), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Steve King (R-IA), Jim Marshall (D-GA), John McHugh (R-NY), James Oberstar (D-MN), Tom Osborne (R-NE), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Collin Peterson (D-MN), John Peterson (R-PA), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Mike Ross (D-AR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Charles Stenholm (D-TX), Bart Stupak (D-MI), Gene Taylor (D-MS).

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ron Kind.

• H.Con.Res. 22 (108th) Honoring Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel.
• H.R. 961 (108th) Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act
• H.R. 970 (108th) Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2003
• H.R. 4685 (108th) Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2004
• H.R. 2850 (108th) Small Employer Health Benefits Program Act of 2003
• H.R. 5255 (108th) To direct the National Science Foundation to establish a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to enhance…

Sponsor’s state and district

Wisconsin in Congress · WI-3 district