3.0.0 5844 2023-01-11T13:21:53Z 2023-01-11T13:21:53Z House H HR 2010-07-22 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-22T14:03:50Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-22T14:03:49Z 2010-07-22 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2010-07-22 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-22 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2010-07-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000462 Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] STEVEN ROTHMAN D NJ R. 9 N Health Digestive and metabolic diseases Health care costs and insurance Medicaid Medicare Health 00 2010-07-22 Introduced in House 2010-09-08T20:30:07Z Fairness in Medigap Options Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make eligible for guaranteed issue of Medicare supplemental (Medigap) policies: (1) all Medicare beneficiaries; (2) Medicare Advantage plan enrollees who disenroll from the plan and elect to receive benefits through the original Medicare fee-for-service program; and (3) Medicaid (SSA title XIX) plan enrollees who have lost eligibility for such medical assistance.

Allows individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD) to receive Medicare benefits through enrollment in a Medicare+Choice plan.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to specify an annual period during which individuals enrolled in a Medigap policy with a particular benefit package may change to another such policy if the other policy: (1) is offered by a different issuer and is available for issuance to new enrollees; and (2) has the same benefit package or a benefit package with lesser benefits.

]]> Fairness in Medigap Options Act of 2010 Display Title Fairness in Medigap Options Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide all Medicare beneficiaries with the right to guaranteed issue of a Medicare supplemental policy and annual open change-in-enrollment periods, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Fairness in Medigap Options Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5844ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5844ih.xml 2010-07-22 Referred to House Energy and Commerce 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.