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106th Congress
Subcommittee
Jurisdiction
Bill
Thomas (CA), Chairman
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- Management of the Medicare Program
- Report on Medicare Payment Policies
- Medicare+Choice Program
- Medicare Coverage Decisions and Beneficiary
Appeals
- Medicare "Self-Referral" Laws
- Uninsured Americans
- Medicare "Veterans Subvention"
- Confidentiality of Health Information
- Strengthening Medicare for Future Generations
- Medicare Balanced Budget Act Refinements
- Medical Errors
- Senior's Access to Prescription Drug Benefits
- Confidentiality of Patient Records
- Administration's Prescription Drug Proposal
- Additional Medicare Refinements to the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997
Subcommittee
Markups and Meetings
- October 3, 2000
- Markup of ____, the "Medicare Refinement
and Benefits Improvement Act of 2000" -- Action Release. For a copy of the
legislation and explanations of the bill as reported by the Subcommittee, click
on each document name: Explanation
of the Bill, Description
of Changes in the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, Amendment in the Nature of a
Substitute, Adopted Amendments Offered by Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut,
Mrs. Thurman, and Mr. Lewis of Georgia. H.R. 5543,
the "Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection
Act," was enacted in H.R. 2614.
See Full Committee for further action.
- October 15, 1999
Recent Health-Related Prints and
Publications
- WMCP:
106-14
Background Material and Data on Programs Within the Jurisdiction of the
Committee on Ways and Means, "The 2000 Green Book." The 2000 Green
Book can be searched as a database and viewed in a text or .pdf format. Type
'green book' in the Search Terms field to retrieve all sections of the Green
Book. (Please note that due to the large size of many of the sections, it may
be necessary to increase the Disk Cache setting in your web browser when viewing
the Green Book).
- WMCP:
106-4, PDF
Medicare and Health Care Chart Book, May 17, 1999 -- A 215-page statistical
guide to various healthcare issues including Medicare, Medicare managed care,
insurance coverage, and overall healthcare spending figures.
- WMCP:
106-2
Compilation of the Social Security Laws, Including the Social Security Act, as
Amended, and Related Enactments Through January 1, 1999.
- WMCP
105-7
Background Material and Data on Programs Within the Jurisdiction of the
Committee on Ways and Means, "The 1998 Green Book." The 1998 Green
Book can be searched as a database and viewed in a text or .pdf format. Type
'green book' in the Search Terms field to retrieve all sections of the Green
Book. (Please note that due to the large size of many of the sections, it may
be necessary to increase the Disk Cache setting in your web browser when viewing
the Green Book).
Subcommittee
Jurisdiction
The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Health
shall include bills and matters referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
which relate to programs providing payments (from any source) for health care,
health delivery systems, or health research. More specifically, the jurisdiction
of the Subcommittee on Health shall include bills and matters which relate to
the health care programs of the Social Security Act (including titles V, XI
(Part B), XVIII, and XIX thereof) and, concurrent with the full Committee, tax
credit and deduction provisions of the Internal Revenue Code dealing with health
insurance premiums and health care costs.
Source: "Manual of Rules of the Committee
on Ways and Means for the One Hundred Sixth Congress," WMCP: 106-1.
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