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Medicare Beneficiary Prescription Drug Assistance and Stop-Loss Protection Act of 1999

Introduced: September 23, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Nov 1, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Oct 5, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 23, 1999
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.
Sep 23, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Beneficiary Prescription Drug Assistance and Stop-Loss Protection Act of 1999 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title XXVIII for the following purposes: (1) promoting qualified prescription drug coverage assistance for low-income Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) beneficiaries; (2) providing Medicare outpatient prescription drug stop-loss protection; and (3) providing access to prescription drug coverage under Medicare supplemental (Medigap) policies.
What's happening now November 1, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Oct 7, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2925: Medicare Beneficiary Prescription Drug Assistance and Stop-Loss Protection Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2925/
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"H.R. 2925: Medicare Beneficiary Prescription Drug Assistance and Stop-Loss Protection Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2925/.
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H.R. 2925, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2925/.
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