legislation: 100-s-2870

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100-s-2870 100 s 2870 Fairness in American Health Care Act Social Welfare 1988-10-06 1988-10-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV] NV R H000439 0 Fairness in American Health Care Act - Imposes a one-year delay in the implementation of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study and report to the Congress within the year on: (1) the proportional distribution of potential beneficiaries under the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act in terms of age, income, and type of illness; (2) the distribution, in terms of age, of the funding burden; and (3) detected problems, deficiencies, and inadequacies relating to the Act's coverage of various illness, medications, and treatments. Requires the report to include program costs and legislative solutions to correct problems. 2025-08-28T20:07:26Z  

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