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<title>Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2014</title>
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<action-date>2014-01-29</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2014 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) repeal the exclusion of non-residents of the 50 states and the District of Columbia from the Medicare prescription drug program under SSA title XVIII part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program), and (2) promote equitable treatment of the residents of U.S. territories in premium and cost-sharing subsidies under the program.</p>]]></summary-text>
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