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Bills

SENATE:

 S.2819 (37 Cosponsors)  Economic Recovery in Health Care Act of 2008, As of May 21, 2008

HOUSE:

 H.R.3533 (237 Cosponsors)  Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act, As of April 3, 2008 

 H.R.4105 (96 Cosponsors)  Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007,
 As of June 10, 2008

 H.R.5613 (220 Cosponsors)  Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, As of April 24, 2008


Recent Letters

SENATE:

Clinton-Schumer-Specter Letter (Urging CMS to pull capital IME cut from IPPS rule) CLOSED  as of July 28, 2008: 51 Signers

HOUSE:

Marshall-King Letter (Urging CMS to pull capital IME cut from IPPS rule) CLOSED  as of July 28, 2008: 210 Signers


Congressional Scorecard

110th Congress

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Closed Letters Previously Circulated on the Hill

HOUSE:  

Neal-English Letter  (Opposing Proposed FY2009 Budget Cuts) As of March 5, 2008:265 Signers

Tubbs Jones-Porter Letter (Urging IRS to improve its new draft Schedule H) As of November 7, 2007:307 Signers

Altmire-Welch Letter (Urging Block of Behavioral Offset Implementation),  As of September 20, 2007

Lewis-Weller Letter  (Opposing CMS' Proposed Medicare Cuts), As of June 12, 2007: 269 Signers

Neal-English Letter   (Opposing Medicare and Medicaid Cuts) As of March 15, 2007: 223 Signers

Eshoo-King Letter (Opposing Medicaid cuts)  As of February 26, 2007:  226 Signers


 SENATE:

Lincoln-Roberts Letter (Opposing Proposed FY2009 Budget Cuts) As of February 29, 2008: 59 Signers

Salazar-Roberts Letter  (Opposing CMS' Proposed Medicare Cuts), As of June 6, 2007: 63 Signers

Lincoln-Roberts Letter  (Opposing Medicare and Medicaid cuts)  As of March 15, 2007:43 Signers

Durbin-Dole Letter  (Opposing Medicaid cuts)  As of February 16, 2007:43 Signers


 

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