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House vote: H.R. 4994 // December 9, 2010Needed two-thirds to concur

Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010

Sponsor: JOHN LEWIS (D-GA)

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 8, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010 - Title I: Extensions - (Sec. 101) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to set the 2011 update to the single conversion factor in the formula for the physicians' fee schedule at zero (thus freezing the physician payment update for 2011). Requires the conversion factor for 2012 and subsequent years to be computed as if the zero update for 2011 had never applied.

Taxation Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

409 votes, representing 220,163,655 people93.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

2 votes, representing 1,190,390 people0.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.7% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon40993.8%
NayLost20.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.7%