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Social Security Amendments of 1983 : Legislative History and Summary of Provisions by John A. Svahn and Mary ROSS*. This article traces the Legislative History of the new law from the report, on January 20, 1983 , of the recommendations of the National Commission on Social Security Reform (which formed the basis of this legislation) to enactment, on April 20, 1983 , of Public Law 98-21. It also analyzes the provisions of Public Law 98-21, which, among other things, delay the annu- al cost-of-living adjustments in benefits from July to January of each year, make up to one-half of the benefits received by higher-income beneficiaries subject to income taxes, gradually raise the retirement age early in the next century, call for the earlier implementation of scheduled payroll tax increases, and put new Federal employees under the Social Security program. The legislation also establishes a new system of prospective payment for hospital services under Medicare and extends sup- plementary unemployment compensation benefits that other- wise would have expired in March 1983 .
for “outlier” cases, determined by length of stay as well as dollar threshold criteria. Total payments for outliers will be no less than 5 per- cent or more than 6 percent of total Medicare payments for inpatient hospital care. (Outlier cases are those involving extraordinary lengths of …
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