Bipartisan Medicare Bill Approved in the House

Last night, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1190 – the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act of 2015 – to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a group of unelected officials, established by the President’s healthcare law who are solely tasked with cutting costs to Medicare, according to a press statement.

“Year after year, Granite State seniors are forced to cope with the dual problem of fewer medical choices and sky-rocketing costs,” U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta, R-NH, said in a statement. “ Created within the President’s healthcare law is a board of unelected bureaucrats charged with making critical decisions involving the healthcare needs of our seniors. This board is set to make reckless decisions resulting in the slashing of Medicare funding leaving seniors with less access and fewer healthcare options. A promise made to our seniors is a promise kept; and, that’s why the House acted to pass a common-sense, bipartisan bill to repeal this irresponsible provision. We must work together to ensure the needs of our current and future Medicare beneficiaries are protected; and, that’s why I’ll continue to support measures to accomplish these goals.”

Guinta is an original cosponsor of H.R. 1190. To read H.R. 1190, please click here.