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Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act

In committee: it can still change before the session ends.

US HR 3684 · House Bill · 119th Congress

Stage
In committee
Started in
House
Sponsors
6
Latest action
Jun 3, 2025

What it does

The Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act would amend Medicare and Medicaid to provide enhanced payments and financial protections for rural health care providers, including critical access hospitals, sole community hospitals, and Medicare-dependent hospitals, by eliminating sequestration cuts, reversing bad debt reimbursement reductions, permanently extending payment levels for low-volume and Medicare-dependent hospitals, extending disproportionate share payments, and implementing wage index adjustments. It also aims to improve equity for rural Medicare beneficiaries by equalizing copayments for critical access hospital services and provides regulatory relief by removing certain inpatient and…

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

    Jun 3, 2025

  2. Committee (Current step)

    In committee · Jun 3, 2025

  3. Floor (Not started)

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