3.0.0 386 2023-01-11T13:46:33Z 2023-01-11T13:46:33Z Senate S 2021-02-23 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-23T21:14:52Z Medicare-X Choice Act of 2021 117 1227 HR 2021-02-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Health Care Affordability Act of 2021 117 369 HR 2021-02-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H332) Related bill CRS Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2021 117 833 S 2021-03-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2021-02-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-02-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2021-02-23 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2021-02-23 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2021-02-23 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2021-02-23 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2021-02-23 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2021-02-23 True W000790 Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] Raphael Warnock D GA G. 2021-02-23 True H000273 Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] John Hickenlooper D CO W. 2021-02-23 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021-02-23 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-02-23 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2021-02-23 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2021-02-23 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-04-22 False Health Appropriations Community life and organization Competition and antitrust Congressional oversight Disability and health-based discrimination Disability and paralysis Employee benefits and pensions Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Higher education Home and outpatient care Income tax credits Inflation and prices Insurance industry and regulation Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Minority health Poverty and welfare assistance Prescription drugs Public contracts and procurement Rural conditions and development Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Health 00 2021-02-23 Introduced in Senate 2021-03-26T16:43:35Z Medicare-X Choice Act of 2021

This bill establishes and funds the Medicare Exchange health plan, which allows individuals who are not otherwise eligible for Medicare to enroll in a government-administered health insurance plan. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must offer such plan in certain individual health insurance exchanges beginning plan year 2022 and offer it in all individual health insurance exchanges beginning plan year 2025. CMS must offer the plan in the small group market in all geographic areas for plan year 2025.

The plan must cover primary care services without cost sharing and meet the same requirements, including essential health benefits, as existing health insurance exchange plans.

Unless they opt out, health care providers enrolled under Medicare or under a state Medicaid plan must participate in the plan and are reimbursed at Medicare rates.

The bill establishes a grants program for community organizations, educational institutions, and health agencies to create service partnerships and establish interactive data systems for health care providers.

Additionally, the bill expands the premium tax credit available for plans purchased through an exchange and eliminates the restriction on the Department of Health and Human Services negotiating prescription drug prices for Medicare. 

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