Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act
Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) establish an Advance Directive Certification Program to encourage eligible beneficiaries to adopt and maintain certified advance directives to guide the delivery of health care to them, and (2) make a one-time payment (of $50 for using a manual process, of $75 for using on-line processes only) to each eligible beneficiary that adopts a certified advance directive and registers it with the Program.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2240: Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2240/
"S. 2240: Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2240/.
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