An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and strengthen Medicare access by improving physician payments and making other improvements, to reauthorize the Children?s Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
Michael BurgessOther names for this bill
This bill regularly is referred to as MACRA - acronym for Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.
It also is called the Permanent Doc Fix, because one of its main provisions prevents a situation in which doctors would have seen a 20-percent in Medicare reimbursement - which could have resulted in many refusing to take Medicare patients.
What this bill does
Among the provisions of this bill are...
o Extending the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through 2017.
o Removing Social Security Numbers from newly issued Medicare identification cards.
More information
You can find more details about this bill at GovTrack.us and www.MedicareVotes.org.
For a more in-depth look on how this bill works, visit ObamacareFacts.com.