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S 1841 109th Congress Senate Health Drugs Employee health benefits Finance and Financial Sector Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Labor and Employment Managed care Medicare Prescription pricing Retiree health benefits Social Welfare

Medicare Informed Choice Act of 2005

Introduced: October 6, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Oct 6, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/7/2005 S11231)
Oct 6, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/07/2005 S11231)
Oct 6, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Informed Choice Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide for an extended period of open enrollment during all of 2006 without late enrollment penalty; (2) give Medicare beneficiaries the opportunity to make a one-time change in prescription drug plan enrollment at any point in 2006; and (3) provide protection from loss of employment-based retiree health coverage upon enrollment for Medicare prescription drug benefit, including a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug benefit, during 2006.

What's happening now October 6, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/7/2005 S11231)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3861 Identical bill Medicare Informed Choice Act of 2005
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Dec 13, 2005
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Nov 15, 2005
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 19, 2005
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Oct 19, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1841: Medicare Informed Choice Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1841/
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"S. 1841: Medicare Informed Choice Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1841/.
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S. 1841, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1841/.
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