Better Tools to Lower Costs Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4628
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2019-10-08
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Medicare

Prescription drugs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Better Tools to Lower Costs Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill allows beneficiaries to qualify for low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit without having to meet certain resource requirements. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4628 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 8, 2019 Ms. Scanlon (for herself, Mr. Welch , and Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was 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 A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the resource requirement with respect to subsidy-eligible individuals under part D of the Medicare program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Better Tools to Lower Costs Act of 2019 . 2. Eliminating the resource requirement with respect to subsidy-eligible individuals under part D of the Medicare program Section 1860D–14(a)(3)(A)(iii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–114(a)(3)(A)(iii) ) is amended by inserting in the case of a plan year beginning before January 1, 2022, before meets .