Title I: Provisions Relating to Part A of Medicare Program and Supplemental Medicare Premium - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce Supplemental Medicare Premium rates. Makes such premium applicable only to those who opt for Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) coverage. Amends the Medicare program to abolish the Federal Hospital Insurance Catastrophic Coverage Reserve Fund.
Title II: Provisions Relating to Part B of the Medicare Program - Gives individuals a one-time option of disenrolling from the part B program. Extends the basic part B premium through 1993. Increases such premium and the catastrophic drug deductible. Delays Medicare payments near and until the close of each fiscal year from 1990 through 1993. Revises catastrophic coverage funding formulas and accounts.
Became Public Law No: 101-382.
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.
See H.R.1594.
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