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Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.
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- Official: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 as introduced.
6/6/2008--Introduced.
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for coverage of additional preventive services.
Provides for gradual elimination of copayment rates for Medicare psychiatriSee Full Bill Text
Amendments to S.3101
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| S.Amdt.4980 |
Offered |
Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4981 |
Offered |
Amendment information not available. |
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| June 06, 2008 | | | | |
Latest Vote
| June 12, 2008Roll call number 149 in the Senate |
| Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3101 ) |
| Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 3/5 (60%) |
Percentage of 'aye' votes: 54% |
Result: Cloture Motion Rejected |
Democrats Voting 'Aye'
Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]
Sen. B. Evan Bayh [D, IN]
Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]
Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]
Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND]
Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
Sen. Byron Dorgan [D, ND]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA]
Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]
Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D, MN]
Sen. Herbert Kohl [D, WI]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI]
Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR]
Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL]
Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR]
Sen. John Reed [D, RI]
Sen. John Rockefeller [D, WV]
Sen. Ken Salazar [D, CO]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
Republicans Voting 'Nay'
Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN]
Sen. Wayne Allard [R, CO]
Sen. John Barrasso [R, WY]
Sen. Robert Bennett [R, UT]
Sen. Christopher Bond [R, MO]
Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY]
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]
Sen. C. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK]
Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
Sen. Bob Corker [R, TN]
Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX]
Sen. Larry Craig [R, ID]
Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
Sen. Pete Domenici [R, NM]
Sen. John Ensign [R, NV]
Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC]
Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA]
Sen. Judd Gregg [R, NH]
Sen. Charles Hagel [R, NE]
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT]
Sen. Kay Hutchison [R, TX]
Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK]
Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
Sen. Jon Kyl [R, AZ]
Sen. Richard Lugar [R, IN]
Sen. Mel Martinez [R, FL]
Sen. Mitch McConnell [R, KY]
Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL]
Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL]
Sen. John Thune [R, SD]
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]
Sen. George Voinovich [R, OH]
Sen. John Warner [R, VA]
Rep. Roger Wicker [R, MS-1]
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Voting History
| Date | Chamber | Question | Aye | Nay | Result |
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| June 12, 2008 |
Senate |
S.3101 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3101 )
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54 |
39 |
Cloture Motion Rejected |
See Vote |
All Bill Actions
- Jun 12, 2008: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
- Jun 12, 2008: Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure [Record Vote Number 149] made in Senate.
- Jun 12, 2008: Cloture not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 39. Record Vote Number: 149.
- Jun 12, 2008: Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
- Jun 12, 2008: Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure [Record Vote Number 149] made in Senate.
- Jun 11, 2008: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5467-5468)
- Jun 10, 2008: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
- Jun 10, 2008: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate.
- Jun 10, 2008: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
- Added to calendar on Jun 09, 2008: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 772..
- Jun 06, 2008: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Pursuant to the order of the Senate of June 6, 2008.
- Introduced on Jun 06, 2008.
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What is the logic behind not voting for this bill? As it stands doctors still lose money (just not as much), and patients will still see their disgruntled doctoers who are essentially taking a pay cut. It seems like a republicans dream.
The issue is that the people out there who are telling these people about the programs and are getting them enrolled won't be able to afford to do their job. They do not get paid much as it is and they also have to pay all of their own expenses, including gasoline. The bill makes up for the increased cost of additional services to seniors by cutting the pay to the insurance companies that provide Medicare Part C, which in turn will result in a pay cut to all the people working to reach these seniors. What good will the improvements do if there aren't people telling them how and where to access them???
If this bill passes how can a doctor afford to practice. Is anyone concern if we get quality healthcare. Everyone else in the country gets a raise while doctors pay high malpractice insurance and pay cuts.
As a practice administrator, I must speak out to the importance of this bill. I come into daily contact with a multitude of confused and dissatisfied senior patients. They are being targeted by these Advantage insurance companies, told they have a 5.00 Copay, which then increases to a 15.00 copay, etc. etc....on top of that I spend endless hours trying to track down which Advantage plan they currently have, some claims have been in limbo so long that when I finally get it to the correct insurance I get a "past timely filing" denial. Our patients praise our doctor regularly, they complain of the dishonest and misleading tactics used by the advantage insurers regularly.....tell me again WHY!!!?? are the doctors and clinics get a pay cut and the crooked and FOR PROFIT medicare Advantage insurers getting even more of a FREE RIDE???
you are right on! these advantage insurers are elderly abusers, plain and simple!!
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