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HR 2307 110th Congress House

Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide broader and more informed protection to Medicare eligible individuals from abusive marketing practic… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide broader and more informed protection to Medicare eligible individuals from abusive marketing practices of Medicare prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans to permit enrollees under Medicare prescription drug plans that have been sanctioned to elect to enroll under other plans.

Introduced: May 14, 2007 See on congress.gov
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May 15, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 14, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 14, 2007
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.
May 14, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 15, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) enhanced penalties for Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans and Medicare prescription drug plans that violate marketing requirements; and (2) public notification about plans that habitually receive intermediate sanctions.

Permits Medicare beneficiaries enrolled under prescription drug plans suspended under this Act to enroll under other plans during the period of suspension.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on each anti-fraud and abuse provision (including related intermediate sanctions) applicable to an MA-PD plan or a Medicare prescription drug plan, and assess its effectiveness and the overall compliance of such plans.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Castor, Kathy
Florida · Oct 31, 2007
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · May 14, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2307: Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2307/
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"H.R. 2307: Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2307/.
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H.R. 2307, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2307/.
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