3.0.0 3271 2019-02-20T23:39:45Z 2019-02-23T21:43:52Z Senate S S 2012-06-07 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-06-07T15:45:33Z 2012-06-07 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2012-06-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3840-3841) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-06-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N Health Digestive and metabolic diseases Health care costs and insurance Medicare Health 00 2012-06-07 Introduced in Senate 2012-06-26T21:28:08Z Equal Access to Medicare Options Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide all Medicare beneficiaries, regardless of whether they have enrolled in Medicare part B, as well as Medicare Advantage and Medicaid enrollees with the right to guaranteed issue of a supplemental insurance (Medigap) policy.

Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of SSA title XVIII to permit enrollment of individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD) in Medicare Advantage.

]]> Equal Access to Medicare Options Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Equal Access to Medicare Options Act of 2012 Display Title Equal Access to Medicare Options Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide all Medicare beneficiaries with the right to guaranteed issue of a Medicare supplemental policy. Introduced in Senate 2012-06-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3271is/xml/BILLS-112s3271is.xml 2012-06-07 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.