Apr 16, 2015:
President Obama signed H.R.2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. The bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives (by a vote of 392 to 37) on March 26, 2015, and by the U.S. Senate (by a vote of 92 to 8) on April 14, 2015.
According to a Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 2:
H.R. 2, the "Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015", which permanently replaces Medicare's sustainable growth rate system for physician payments and reforms Medicare physician payment policies to encourage efficient, high-quality care; extends for two years funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program; extends numerous other expiring health provisions and the Secure Rural Schools program; and removes Social Security numbers from Medicare cards and makes other Medicare improvements.
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