Save Struggling Hospitals Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10086 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10086 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify the Medicare low-wage index hospital policy. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 1, 2024 Mr. Ferguson (for himself and Mr. Griffith) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify the Medicare low-wage index hospital policy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Save Struggling Hospitals Act''. SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF THE MEDICARE LOW-WAGE INDEX HOSPITAL POLICY. Section 1886(d)(3)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(3)(E)) is amended-- (1) in clause (i), in the first sentence, by striking ``or (iv)'' and inserting ``, (iv), or (v)''; and (2) by adding at the end the fol…