Proposal:Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security Act of 2020

This proposal is archived and closed to further debate. It was introduced in the 116th Congress, which has concluded, and the bill was not enacted into law.

Bill	HR 5672
Type of Legislation	House Bill
Congress	116
Source	View original on Congress.gov

Geographic Scope

National

Description

Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security Act of 2020

This bill temporarily establishes the Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security within the legislative branch to report on specified information relating to Medicare and the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program. The report must address (1) the impact of using alternative price indexes to determine cost-of-living adjustments; (2) the impact of using alternative formulas to calculate certain Medicare premiums; and (3) recommendations to prevent fraud, increase integrity, increase sustainability, and reduce improper payments in the programs.

Bill Title

Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security Act of 2020

Linked Goals

• Goal:Promote General Welfare

Steps

• 2020-01-24: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2020-01-24: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2020-01-24: Introduced in House
• 2020-01-24: Introduced in House

Projected Outcome

A more informed proposal or public response aligned with the Promote General Welfare goal.