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HR 3152 111th Congress House Health Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Medicaid Medicare Prescription drugs

Helping Seniors Choose their Medicare Drug Plan Act

Introduced: July 9, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jul 10, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 9, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jul 9, 2009
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.
Jul 9, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jul 9, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping Seniors Choose their Medicare Drug Plan - Amends Part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the process for enrolling a full-benefit dual eligible individual (eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid benefits), who has otherwise failed to enroll in a prescription drug plan (PDP) or in an MedicareAdvantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan, in a PDP with a beneficiary premium that does not exceed a full premium subsidy.

Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) enroll such an individual on a random basis among all plans in the PDP region. Requires the Secretary to enroll the individual in the most appropriate plan based on guidelines, established by the Secretary, that account for the individual's previous prescription drug utilization.

What's happening now July 10, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jul 9, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3152: Helping Seniors Choose their Medicare Drug Plan Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3152/
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"H.R. 3152: Helping Seniors Choose their Medicare Drug Plan Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3152/.
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H.R. 3152, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3152/.
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