Medicare for the 21st Century Act

Bill: 108-hr-2578
Sponsor: Rep. Burr, Richard [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Ambulatory care
Case management
Catastrophic health insurance
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coinsurance
Commerce
Competition
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer complaints
Consumer education
Cost of living adjustments
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Drug interactions
Drug therapy
Drug utilization
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Generic drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government publicity
Grievance procedures
Health care fraud
Health education
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Identification devices
Income
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Internet
Labor and Employment
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical fees
Medical records
Medical savings accounts
Medicare
Patient satisfaction
Patients' rights
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Quality of care
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Tax exclusion
Tax returns
Taxation
Telephone
Web sites
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
Medicare for the 21st Century Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to add a new part D (Voluntary Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Discount and Security Program). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Discount and Security Program under which an eligible beneficiary who voluntarily enrolls in such program is provided: (1) access to negotiated prices through an eligible entity with a contract under the program that has been selected by the beneficiary; (2) catastrophic coverage under the program; and (3) a prescription drug account and a public contribution into such account. Provides that, in estimating the benefits and administrative costs which will be payable from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for a year for purposes of determining the monthly premium rate under Medicare part B (Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance), the Secretary shall exclude an estimate of any benefits and administrative costs attributable to application of the new part D program. 
 
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to provide for verification of eligibility for benefits under the new part D program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House