HR 2232 · in committee · major
Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- The bill extends higher Medicare payment rates for ground ambulance services in rural areas for three more years.
- Rural hospitals, ambulance providers, and Medicare patients in those areas are affected.
- The rate increase continues without specified new federal spending; it maintains existing payment levels through 2028.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would rural ambulance providers and hospitals be affected if these higher Medicare payment rates were allowed to expire after 2028?
- 02
What evidence supports the claim that maintaining current payment rates is necessary to keep ambulance services operational in rural communities?
- 03
Where would Medicare funds come from to sustain these payment rates, and what other healthcare services might compete for that budget?
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Sponsor · R-NY-24
Claudia Tenney
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
53/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-03-18
Joining the bill
Carol D. Miller
R-WV-1 · original
Danny K. Davis
D-IL-7 · original
Cliff Bentz
R-OR-2 · original
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
D-WA-3 · original
Terri A. Sewell
D-AL-7 · original
Paul Tonko
D-NY-20 · original
Mike Carey
R-OH-15 · original
Darin LaHood
R-IL-16
Elise M. Stefanik
R-NY-21
Bryan Steil
R-WI-1
Glenn Thompson
R-PA-15
Tracey Mann
R-KS-1
+ 41 more
Legislative timeline
2025-03-18 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2025-03-18 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2025-03-18 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-18 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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