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S 915 106th Congress Senate Health Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional reporting requirements Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Families Managed care Medical fees Medicare Medigap Military dependents Military hospitals Military medicine Retired military personnel Retiree health benefits Social Welfare Veterans' medical care

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand and make permanent the medicare subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents

Introduced: April 29, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Apr 29, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 29, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4444)
Apr 29, 1999
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Increases the number of authorized sites for the Medicare subvention demonstration project for certain Medicare-eligible military retirees and their dependents (a project established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act). Provides for the future repeal of the limitation on the number of such sites (thus allowing the project to be conducted at any site designed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Defense acting jointly). Makes the project permanent.

Makes further changes regarding the project, permitting payment under it to be made on a fee-for-service basis for certain Medicare-eligible eligible military retirees and their dependents not enrolled in the project, and eliminating certain restrictive project participation policy. Applies to certain Medigap (Medicare supplemental health insurance policy) enrollees the same protections (prohibitions against issuer discrimination) as apply to enrollment (and termination of enrollment) with a Medicare+Choice organization in a Medicare+Choice plan under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice).

What's happening now April 29, 1999

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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