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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="3560" measure-id="id115s3560" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2018-10-09" update-date="2019-08-06">
<title>Retirement Freedom Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id115s3560v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2019-08-06">
<action-date>2018-10-09</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Retirement Freedom Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows an individual to opt out of Medicare hospital services benefits without also having to opt out of Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits and without having to repay Medicare hospital services benefits already received. The bill also allows an individual to opt back in with no penalty.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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