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Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 Introduced by:[|Charles Rangel]- Democrat from New York toc
 * Bill #**: H.R. 6331

Purpose of Our Bill
  
 * Amends Medicare and the Social Security Act to provide for additional coverage of services.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Gradually eliminates the copayment rates in Medicare.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Provides for low income subsidies.(payments or grants of money)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Authorizes the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to grant healthcare and mental healthcare service to states.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Who Does this Bill Affect?
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The new bill will benefit the physicians and the elderly citizens who are 65 years or older.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">History of Medicare
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1965-

 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> President Lyndon B. Johnson along with congress amended the Social Security Act of 1935 to create Medicare. It is Established as a health program for citizens ages 65 and older
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Medicare is financed by the Social Security taxes that were deducted from citizens' paychecks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Medicare Part B Premium is $3.00 p  er month

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1972-

 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Medicare expands to chiropractic services, speech therapy, and other forms of physical therapy.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Supplemental Social Security Income is established for the elderly, the disabled, and the poor. Now these people are able to obtain Medicare.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1982-

 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Hospice (nursing home for the ill) benefits are added to the Medicare benefits plan.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1988-

 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Major benefits aimed at providing for bad illness and prescription drugs.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1989-

 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> These benefits from 1988 are repealed.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1997-
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Medicare + Choice enacted under the Balance Budget Act(Reduces the amount of money that Medicare pays to the providers)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1999-
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Refined the benefits from 1997 by changing the funding restrictions.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2000-
>  <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Medicare Part B premium is $45.40 per month



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Part A:

 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Hospital insurance covers in patient care in hospitals which includes critical access hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. The people who are trying to get the benefits must have certain qualifications. Most people do not have to pay for Medicare because they paid their fees when they got their paycheck. (Taxes are automatically taken out of paycheck beforehand.) When someone does not sign up for the benefits when they are first eligible, Medicare's cost goes up 10% for each full 12 month period when he/she tries to sign up again. She/He must pay this amount as long as they have it.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Citizens pay for a monthly premium for doctor services, outpatient care, and prescription drugs. This monthly premium may lower the costs of prescription drugs. Private companies provide the coverage and the citizens can choose their own drug plan. When someone does not sign up for the benefits when they are first eligible, Medicare's cost goes up 10% for each full 12 month period when he/she tries to sign up again. She/He must pay this amount as long as they have it.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Why Did the Government Create With Medicare?
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Medicare was part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's plan for the Great Society, which is several domestic programs to eliminate poverty and of racial discrimination. Medicare does help the lower income elderly citizens.

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