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HR 559 104th Congress House Health Finance and Financial Sector 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: January 18, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Feb 21, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jan 20, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 18, 1995
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 18, 1995
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 February 21, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1 Independent 1
I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 13, 1996
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 21, 1995
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 6, 1995
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jan 31, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 559: 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.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-559/
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"H.R. 559: 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.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-559/.
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H.R. 559, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-559/.
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