S 1851
107th Congress
Senate
Health
Coinsurance
Finance and Financial Sector
Health maintenance organizations
Managed care
Medicare
Medicare managed care
Medigap
Physicians
Social Welfare
Medicare+Choice Consumer Protection Act of 2001
Introduced: December 19, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13708-13709)
Dec 19, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13707-13708)
Dec 19, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare+Choice Consumer Protection Act of 2001 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans; (2) permit enrollment in the Medicare supplemental insurance (Medigap) program when Medicare+Choice plans reduce benefits or when a provider leaves a Medicare+Choice plan; and (3) limit Medicare+Choice cost-sharing.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13708-13709)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1