3.0.0 2629 2021-09-29T22:23:55Z 2023-01-13T16:29:04Z Senate S S 2004-07-08 108 Closing the Coverage Gap Act of 2004 108 2725 S 2004-07-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2004-07-09 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 621. Calendars 2004-07-08 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2004-07-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2004-07-08 True Health Coinsurance Commerce Competitive bidding Drugs Economics and Public Finance Finance and Financial Sector Generic drugs Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Income tax Insurance premiums Managed care Medical economics Medical fees Medical savings accounts Medicare Metropolitan areas Prescription pricing Rebates Social Welfare Subsidies Tax deductions Tax exclusion Taxation Urban affairs Health 00 2004-07-08 Introduced in Senate 2004-07-29T16:40:15Z Closing the Coverage Gap Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to eliminate: (1) the initial standard prescription drug coverage limit of $2,250 (adjusted for inflation); and (2) the MedicareAdvantage regional plan stabilization fund.

Repeals the Premium Support Demonstration Program.

Eliminates Health Savings Accounts under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

]]> Closing the Coverage Gap Act of 2004 Short Titles as Introduced Closing the Coverage Gap Act of 2004 Display Title Closing the Coverage Gap Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to eliminate the coverage gap, to eliminate HMO subsidies, to repeal health savings accounts, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2004-07-09T04:00:00Z 2004-07-09 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 621. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.