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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on October 31, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to terminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Under PPACA, the IPAB is tasked with developing proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 849 as passed House amended on Nov 2, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Nov 2, 2017
Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act
Passed
307 Yea 111 Nay 14 not voting
Crossed both parties 76 of 418 voting members broke with their own party: 76 Democrats.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
432 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 849 and vote against it. 13 signed when it was filed.
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Organizations that named H.R. 849 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
294 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.