HR 4988 · 103th Congress · Health

To provide for a four year demonstration project under Medicare which shall establish a preventive health care screening examination program.

Introduced 1994-08-18· Sponsored by Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16]· House

Bill Progress

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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(1994-08-23)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover preventive health care examinations for colon and prostate cancer and osteoporosis. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project to test the cost-effectiveness of furnishing colon, prostate, and uterine cancer preventive screening examinations to a sample group of Medicare beneficiaries.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (1)

1 Democrat