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HR 4160 105th Congress House Health Armed Forces and National Security Families Finance and Financial Sector Insurance premiums Managed care Medicare Medicare managed care Military dependents Military medicine Retired military personnel Retiree health benefits Social Welfare Veterans' medical care

Military Retiree Health Fairness Act of 1998

Introduced: June 25, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 10, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jul 6, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 26, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1273)
Jun 25, 1998
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jun 25, 1998
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.
Jun 25, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
Jun 25, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Retiree Health Fairness Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to provide for a special enrollment period for certain military retirees and their dependents to enroll under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), without penalty for late enrollment, in order to participate in the Medicare (TRICARE Senior Prime) demonstration project for military retirees.

What's happening now July 10, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 16, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4160: Military Retiree Health Fairness Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4160/
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"H.R. 4160: Military Retiree Health Fairness Act of 1998." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4160/.
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H.R. 4160, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4160/.
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