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H.R. 849: Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act

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H.R. 849: Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-03 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 604 (2017): On Passage, HR849 (2017-11-02), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on October 31, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to terminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Under PPACA, the IPAB is tasked with developing proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending.

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Official text

Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] · 270 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 849, Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act (2017-10-27)

Cosponsors on this site

Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Richard Hudson (R-NC), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Ami Bera (D-CA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Daniel Webster (R-FL), John B. Larson (D-CT), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and 210 more.

Recorded votes

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr849 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115