To delay implementation of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 for two years.
Catastrophic Coverage Delay Act of 1989 - Delays, for two years, the implementation of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988.
Establishes the Commission to Review the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 to assess the health care needs of the elderly relating to catastrophic illness and report to the Congress, within one year of this Act's enactment, on a method of providing extended acute care coverage to Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) beneficiaries which provides a role for private insurance and minimizes duplicate coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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