[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2780 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2780
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize the amount
of the medicare part B premium.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 8, 2004
Ms. Stabenow (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Dayton,
Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Reid, and Mr.
Leahy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Finance
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A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize the amount
of the medicare part B premium.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Keep the Promise of Medicare Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. STABILIZATION OF MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM.
Section 1839(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395r(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ``Notwithstanding the preceding sentences, the monthly
premium rate determined under this paragraph for each month in 2005 may
not exceed an amount equal to the monthly premium rate determined under
this paragraph for each month in 2004 adjusted by the percentage change
in the average Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers (CPI-W) for the third quarter of 2003 to the third quarter of
2004.''.
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