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HR 1321 108th Congress House Health Finance and Financial Sector Insurance premiums Medical economics Medicare Social Welfare

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment.

Introduced: March 18, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 27, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 18, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Mar 18, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to limit the late enrollment penalty to a ten percent increase in the monthly part B premium due over a period equal to twice the number of years that the part B beneficiary could have been but was not enrolled under Medicare part B.
What's happening now April 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jan 27, 2004
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 2, 2003
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jun 2, 2003
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 18, 2003
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 18, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 18, 2003
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Mar 18, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1321: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1321/
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"H.R. 1321: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1321/.
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H.R. 1321, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1321/.
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