3.0.0 470 2022-11-01T16:17:45Z 2022-11-01T16:17:45Z Senate S 2019-02-13 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-13T17:11:42Z 2019-02-13 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-02-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-02-13 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-02-13 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-02-13 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-02-13 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-02-13 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-02-13 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-02-13 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-02-13 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-02-13 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2019-02-13 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-02-13 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-02-13 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2019-02-13 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2019-02-13 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2019-02-13 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-02-13 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-02-13 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-02-13 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2019-02-13 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2019-03-07 False Health Advisory bodies Government trust funds Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Inflation and prices Medicaid Medicare Prescription drugs Public contracts and procurement Health 00 2019-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2019-11-15T16:42:32Z Medicare at 50 Act

This bill establishes a Medicare buy-in option for certain qualifying individuals and also repeals restrictions relating to prescription drug prices under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

Specifically, the bill allows individuals aged 50 to 64 to enroll in Medicare if such individuals would otherwise qualify for Medicare at the age of 65. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must determine enrollment periods and set premiums for the buy-in option established under the bill, in accordance with specified requirements. The CMS must also award grants to states and nonprofit organizations for outreach and enrollment activities relating to the buy-in option.

The bill also repeals provisions that prohibit the CMS from negotiating the prices of prescription drugs or from establishing a formulary under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

]]> Medicare at 50 Act Display Title Medicare at 50 Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Medicare at 50 Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an option for any citizen or permanent resident of the United States age 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s470is/xml/BILLS-116s470is.xml 2019-02-13 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.