S 2148 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2015

Introduced Oct 7, 2015 Originated Senate Sponsor Ron Wyden D-OR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 7, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedOct 7, 2015
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2015

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) prevent 2016 increases to Medicare Part B premiums and deductibles for enrollees, and (2) authorize federal funding to offset the corresponding reduction in aggregate monthly premiums.

Under current law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must annually determine the monthly actuarial rate upon which Part B premiums and deductibles are based. The bill temporarily freezes that rate at the 2015 level for enrollees, effectively preventing increases to premiums and deductibles for those enrollees in 2016. (Current law already protects Part B enrollees whose benefits are deducted from their Social Security benefits from premium increases that would result in a smaller Social Security check.)

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 7, 2015 to Dec 15, 2015, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalOct 7, 2015
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalOct 7, 2015
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalOct 7, 2015
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalOct 7, 2015
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalOct 7, 2015
D-FLBill NelsonOriginalOct 7, 2015
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalOct 7, 2015
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalOct 7, 2015
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalOct 7, 2015
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalOct 7, 2015
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalOct 7, 2015
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalOct 7, 2015
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalOct 7, 2015
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalOct 7, 2015
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalOct 7, 2015
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 7, 2015Introduced in Senate
  2. Oct 7, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3696Medicare Premium Fairness Act of 2015Related billOct 9, 2015

Subjects

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  1. Oct 7, 2015Introduced in Senate

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