3.0.0 2428 2022-11-01T13:50:11Z 2022-11-01T13:50:11Z Senate S 2019-08-01 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-08-01T17:15:34Z 2019-08-01 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-08-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-08-01 True Health Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Inflation and prices Insurance industry and regulation Medicaid Medicare Health 00 2019-08-01 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-19T19:08:26Z Medigap Consumer Protection Act of 2019

This bill modifies several provisions with respect to Medigap policies (Medicare supplemental health insurance policies) and other requirements under Medicare.

Among other things, the bill (1) expands guaranteed issue rights with respect to Medigap policies, which require that a policy be offered to any eligible applicant without regard to health status; and (2) establishes an annual cost-sharing limit under Medicare of $5,500 beginning in 2022, with annual adjustments thereafter.

]]> Medigap Consumer Protection Act of 2019 Display Title Medigap Consumer Protection Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Medigap Consumer Protection Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for certain reforms with respect to Medicare supplemental health insurance policies, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2428is/xml/BILLS-116s2428is.xml 2019-08-01 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.