H.R. 3631 · 111th Congress
Medicare Premium Fairness Act
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Dina Titus
- Introduced
- 2009-09-23
- Latest action
- 2009-09-25 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Summary
Medicare Premium Fairness Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled) premium for 2010. Makes such premium, and the related monthly actuarial rate, the same as those for 2009.
Requires transfer from the Treasury general fund to the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund of an amount estimated to be equivalent to the aggregate reduction in part B premiums resulting from application of this Act. Revises the formula for funding the Medicare Improvement Fund (MIF) to reduce (offset) the amount available to the MIF for FY2014 by the transferred amount plus $567 million. Makes $567 million the amount available to the MIF for FY2015.