A bill to establish a physician recruitment and retention demonstration project under the medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on such demonstration project to determine whether the access of Medicare beneficiaries to health care and the ability of States to recruit and to retain physicians is adversely impacted by certain factors (over 20 percent uninsured population, an unemployment rate over 4.8 percent, among others) and improved by increased payments to physicians. Makes necessary appropriations.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/6/2000 S9949)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9949)
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