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HR 4195 116th Congress House

Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equality Act of 2019

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make premium and cost-sharing subsidies available to low-income Medicare part D beneficiaries who r… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make premium and cost-sharing subsidies available to low-income Medicare part D beneficiaries who reside in Puerto Rico or another territory of the United States.

Introduced: August 20, 2019 See on congress.gov
Health Caribbean areaHealth care coverage and accessMedicaidMedicare
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Prescription drugsPuerto RicoU.S. territories and protectorates
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Aug 21, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 20, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 20, 2019
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.
Aug 20, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 21, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equality Act of 2019

This bill makes certain income-based subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit available to individuals who reside in Puerto Rico or another U.S. territory and are otherwise eligible.

Current law makes such individuals ineligible for premium and cost-sharing subsidies, but establishes a process for U.S. territories to apply for financial assistance with respect to the provision of Medicare prescription drugs. The bill retains a process for U.S. territories to apply for such assistance, but alters the formula by which the amount of assistance is calculated. Specifically, the bill phases in modifications to the formula that more closely align how assistance is calculated for U.S. territories with how it is calculated for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
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Soto, Darren
Florida · Aug 20, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4195: Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equality Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4195/
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"H.R. 4195: Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equality Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4195/.
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H.R. 4195, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4195/.
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