,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cffh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #e1        
#bjac,mr4 ,kildee introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend the ,medicare1        
,medicaid1 and ,,schip ,extension ,act  
of #bjjg to make permanent the exemption
 of grandfathered long-term care        
hospitals from the ,medicare #be percent
 threshold payment adjustment4  #a4     
,making permanent the exemption of      
grandfathered long-term care hospitals  
from the ,medicare #be percent patient  
threshold payment adjustment ,section   
#aad7;c77#a7 of the ,medicare1          
,medicaid1 and ,,schip ,extension ,act  
of #bjjg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acieww note71  
as amended by section #cajf of ,public  
,law #aaa-adh1 is further amended-- 7#a7
 in the matter preceding subparagraph   
7,a71 by striking for a #e-year period2 
and  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by      
inserting for a #e-year period1 before  

section #dab4ecf4