3.0.0 1844 2023-01-11T13:50:01Z 2023-01-11T13:50:01Z Senate S 2021-05-26 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-05-26T19:16:55Z Lowering Medicare Premiums and Prescription Drug Costs Act 117 5099 HR 2021-08-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS Improving Medicare Coverage Act 117 5165 HR 2021-09-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 117 7585 HR 2022-06-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 117 4486 S 2022-06-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2021-05-26 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-05-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-05-26 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2021-05-26 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-05-26 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-06-08 False Health Health care costs and insurance Medicaid Medicare Prescription drugs Health 00 2021-05-26 Introduced in Senate 2021-11-09T22:40:17Z Lowering Medicare Premiums and Prescription Drug Costs Act

This bill transfers certain programs that provide Medicare premium and cost-sharing assistance for low-income individuals from Medicaid to Medicare.

Specifically, the bill establishes a program under Medicare to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with premiums, coinsurance, deductibles, and other costs. Currently, such assistance is provided through Medicare Savings Programs, which are administered by state Medicaid programs.

The bill also establishes a related special enrollment period under Medicare, expands eligibility for assistance to beneficiaries with income up to 200% of the federal poverty line, and provides for joint eligibility determinations with respect to the bill's program and the low-income subsidy program under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

]]> Lowering Medicare Premiums and Prescription Drug Costs Act Display Title Lowering Medicare Premiums and Prescription Drug Costs Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to move Medicare cost-sharing benefits from Medicaid to Medicare, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Lowering Medicare Premiums and Prescription Drug Costs Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1844is/xml/BILLS-117s1844is.xml 2021-05-26 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.