A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals ages 55 to 65 to be fully funded through premiums and anti-fraud provisions, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide financial assistance for those individuals who are too poor to afford premiums, and for other purposes
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce
Publisher: [United States Government Printing Office]
Published: 1998
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Subjects: Health insurance; Law and legislation; Middle-aged persons; Medical care; Finance; Poor; Medicare; Health insurance continuation coverage
Other titles: Medicare Early Access and Affordability Act of 1998.; 105th Congress, 2d Session, H.R. 4799 in the House of Representatives.; To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals ages 55 to 65 to be fully funded through premiums and anti-fraud provisions, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide financial assistance for those individuals who are too poor to afford premiums, and for other purposes.
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Introduced October 10, 1998; referred to the Committees on Ways and Means, Commerce, and Education and the Workforce.