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Introduced Session

Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase to 6% the rate of increase in the fee schedule for ground ambulance services furnished between January 1, 2012, and January 1, 2018, in rural and urban areas. Extends to January 1, 2018, the increase in the base rate of the fee schedule the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) is required to make for a trip in the case of ground ambulance services furnished on or after July 1, 2004, for which the transportation originates in a qualified low population density rural area.

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Jason Altmire (D),  Lou Barletta (R),  Dan Boren (D),  Charles Boustany (R),  Michael Capuano (D),  Bill Cassidy (R),  Rosa DeLauro (D),  Charles Dent (R),  Bob Filner (D),  Michael Fitzpatrick (R),  Jim Gerlach (R),  Christopher Gibson (R),  Charles Gonzalez (D),  Martin Heinrich (D),  Maurice Hinchey (D),  Bill Johnson (R),  Larry Kissell (D),  John Larson (D),  Steven LaTourette (R),  Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R),  Michael Michaud (D),  Chris Murphy (D),  Tim Murphy (R),  Richard Neal (D),  Devin Nunes (R),  Collin Peterson (D),  Nick Rahall (D),  Mike Ross (D),  Aaron Schock (R),  John Tierney (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  Peter Welch (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 03/15/2011)

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