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S 3029 116th Congress Senate

Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2019

Official title: A bill 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 beneficiarie… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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: December 12, 2019 See on congress.gov
Health MedicaidMedicarePrescription drugsU.S. territories and protectorates
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 12, 2019
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 Latest action December 12, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2019

This bill makes certain subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit available to beneficiaries who reside in Puerto Rico or another U.S. territory. Current law makes such beneficiaries 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 eliminates this process and makes the subsidies available to beneficiaries who reside in a U.S. territory and are otherwise eligible.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Dec 17, 2019
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Dec 12, 2019
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Dec 12, 2019
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Dec 12, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3029: Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3029/
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"S. 3029: Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3029/.
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S. 3029, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3029/.
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