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HR 769 103th Congress House Health Insurance premiums Medicare

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under the medicare program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment.

Introduced: February 3, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 10, 1993
See H.R.2264.
Feb 24, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Feb 9, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 3, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 3, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 3, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to limit the late enrollment penalty to a ten percent increase in the monthly part B premium due over a period equal to twice the number of years that the part B beneficiary could have been but was not enrolled under part B.

What's happening now August 10, 1993

See H.R.2264.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2264 Procedurally related Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 15, 1993
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 25, 1993
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 1, 1993
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 1, 1993
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 17, 1993
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 17, 1993
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 769: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under the medicare program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-769/
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"H.R. 769: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under the medicare program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-769/.
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H.R. 769, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-769/.
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