3.0.0 3703 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z Senate S S 2006-07-20 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-07-20T20:30:59Z 2006-07-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2006-07-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8062-8063) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2006-07-20 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2006-07-28 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2006-09-29 False Health Coinsurance Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Drugs Finance and Financial Sector Medicare Prescription pricing Social Welfare Health 00 2006-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2006-07-27T20:47:48Z Medicare Prescription Drug Lifeline Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a process under which an individual may terminate enrollment in the prescription drug plan or the Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) Plan in which he or she is enrolled and enroll in any prescription drug plan or MA-PD Plan serving the area where the individual resides that provides some coverage of covered part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drugs after the individual has reached the initial coverage limit but not yet the annual out-of-pocket threshold.

Sets forth a special rule permitting applicable individuals to enroll in a prescription drug plan outside the region in which they reside.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on: (1) the costs to the Medicare program of eliminating the initial coverage limit and providing specified standard prescription drug coverage until the individual reaches the annual out-of-pocket threshold; and (2) the adjustment to the applicable coinsurance that would be necessary to eliminate the initial coverage limit under such conditions without increasing the costs to the Medicare program.

]]> Medicare Prescription Drug Lifeline Act of 2006 Display Title Medicare Prescription Drug Lifeline Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for a temporary process for individuals entering the Medicare coverage gap to switch to a plan that provides coverage in the gap. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Prescription Drug Lifeline Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3703is/xml/BILLS-109s3703is.xml 2006-07-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.