H.R. 452: Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011
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H.R. 452: Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-01-26 · Health · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 284.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-01-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 284. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House as Part I on March 13, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 - Repeals sections of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (and restores provisions of law amended by such sections) related to the establishment of an Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAD) to develop and submit detailed proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending to the President for Congress to consider. (Retains, however, requirements for expedited consideration of IPAB-related proposals to reduce Medicare spending.)
Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House amended, Part II), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House amended, Part II)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] · 234 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Todd Young (R-IN), Andy Harris (R-MD), James Lankford (R-OK), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and 174 more.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House amended, Part II)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr452.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr452 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112