S. 3344 · 117th Congress
Protecting the American Taxpayer and Medicare Act
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Sullivan11 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill makes several budgetary and technical changes, particularly in relation to Medicare.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Dec 8, 2021
Protecting the American Taxpayer and Medicare Act
This bill makes several budgetary and technical changes, particularly in relation to Medicare.
Specifically, the bill continues to exempt Medicare from sequestration until March 31, 2022. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)
Additionally, the bill (1) temporarily extends other provisions under Medicare, including a payment increase under the physician fee schedule; and (2) requires any debits recorded for FY2022 on the statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) scorecards to be deducted from the scorecards for 2022 and added to the scorecards for 2023.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Protecting the American Taxpayer and Medicare Act
Latest action (Dec 8, 2021): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 8, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.