HR 5916 · 109th Congress · Health

Patients' Access to Physicians Act of 2006

Introduced 2006-07-27· Sponsored by Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]· House

Bill Progress

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Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(2006-08-01)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Patient's Access to Physicians Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, to provide for an increase in the minimum updates for payments for physicians' services under the Medicare program for 2007 and 2008.…

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Democrats
Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]OH
Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]CA
Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]MA
Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]VA
Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]NY
Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]NJ
Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]TN
Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]IL
Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]CA
Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]MI
Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]NY
Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4]MD
Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]TX
Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]OH
Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]CO
Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]CA
Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]PA
Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]ME
Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11]FL
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]IL