II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 872 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 6 (legislative day, April 4), 2017 Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Schumer , Ms. Stabenow , Mrs. Capito , Mrs. McCaskill , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Bennet , Mr. McCain , and Mr. Gardner ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.