3.0.0 1822 2023-01-13T04:49:49Z 2023-01-13T04:49:49Z Senate S S 2005-10-05 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-10-05T23:23:20Z 2005-10-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11853) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-10-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11139-11140) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2005-10-05 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2005-11-15 False Health Drugs Finance and Financial Sector Insurance premiums Medicaid Medicare Prescription pricing Social Welfare Health 00 2005-10-05 Introduced in Senate 2005-11-23T22:30:29Z Medicare Help for Every beneficiary And Low income Senior Act of 2005 or Medicare HEALS Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, to repeal the prohibition on the use of Medicaid funds to provide wrap-around prescription drug coverage for individuals dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. Provides for a reduction in clawback payments by the amount of wrap-around payments.

Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to provide that a part D eligible individual who enrolls for the first time in a prescription drug plan or a MedicareAdvantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan prior to January 1, 2008, shall not be subject to a penalty increase in the monthly beneficiary premium established with respect to months occurring prior to such date.

]]> Medicare HEALS Act of 2005 Display Title Medicare HEALS Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Security Act to made improvements to the implementation of the medicare prescription drug benefit. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare HEALS Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Help for Every beneficiary And Low income Senior Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-05T04:00:00Z 2005-10-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11853) 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.