White House Announces Medicare Bill Enactment
APR. 16, 2015
White House Announces Medicare Bill Enactment
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Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 2
April 16, 2015
On Thursday, April 16, 2015, the President signed into law:
H.R. 2, the "Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015," which permanently replaces Medicare's sustainable growth rate system for physician payments and reforms Medicare physician payment policies to encourage efficient, high-quality care; extends for two years funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program; extends numerous other expiring health provisions and the Secure Rural Schools program; and removes Social Security numbers from Medicare cards and makes other Medicare improvements.
DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTES
- Institutional AuthorsWhite House
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- Code Sections
- Subject Area/Tax Topics
- Jurisdictions
- LanguageEnglish
- Tax Analysts Document NumberDoc 2015-9201
- Tax Analysts Electronic Citation2015 TNT 74-47