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To provide for certain military retirees and dependents a special Medicare part B enrollment period during which the late enrollment penalty is waived and a special medigap open enrollment period…

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To provide for certain military retirees and dependents a special Medicare part B enrollment period during which the late enrollment penalty is waived and a special medigap open enrollment period during which no underwriting is permitted.

Introduced: February 5, 1997 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
Aug 5, 1997
See H.R.2015.
Feb 14, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Feb 11, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 5, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Feb 5, 1997
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.
Feb 5, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Feb 5, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Instructs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of certain military retirees and dependents, to provide for a special open enrollment period during which such an individual may enroll under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act without being assessed a late enrollment penalty.

Prohibits an issuer of a Medicare supplemental (Medigap) policy, in the case of such an individual who seeks to enroll during such special enrollment period, from denying or conditioning the issuance or effectiveness of such a policy, or from discriminating in its pricing on the basis of the individual's health status, medical condition, claims experience, receipt of health care, medical history, genetic information, evidence of insurability, or disability.

What's happening now August 5, 1997

See H.R.2015.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 912 Identical bill A bill to provide for certain military retirees and dependents a special medicare part B enrollment period during which…
  • HR 2015 Procedurally related Balanced Budget Act of 1997
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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · May 20, 1997
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · May 8, 1997
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 20, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 598: To provide for certain military retirees and dependents a special Medicare part B enrollment period during which the late enrollment penalty is waived and a special medigap open enrollment period during which no underwriting is permitted.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-598/
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"H.R. 598: To provide for certain military retirees and dependents a special Medicare part B enrollment period during which the late enrollment penalty is waived and a special medigap open enrollment period during which no underwriting is permitted.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-598/.
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H.R. 598, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-598/.
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