S 677
111th Congress
Senate
Health
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Reforming an Entitlement through Premium Adjustments based on Income Resources (REPAIR) Act of 2009
Introduced: March 24, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 24, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Reforming an Entitlement through Premium Adjustments based on Income Resources (REPAIR) Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require an income-related reduction in the part D premium subsidy.
Declares that, in the case of an individual whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds a certain applicable threshold amount for a month after December 2009, the monthly amount of the part D premium subsidy shall be reduced (and the monthly beneficiary premium shall be increased) by the monthly adjustment amount determined according to a specified formula.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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