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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Medicare Information Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL MEDICARE BENEFICIARY PART A CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS
STATEMENTS.

(a) In General.--Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act is
amended by inserting after section 1143 (42 U.S.C. 1320b-13) the
following new section:

''annual medicare beneficiary part a contributions and benefits
statements

''Sec. 1143A. (a) Provision.--
''(1) In general.--Beginning not later than 2 years after
the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in
coordination with the Commissioner of Social Security, shall
provide a statement described in subsection (b) (in this
section referred to as an 'annual Medicare part A information
statement') on an annual basis to each eligible individual (as
defined in subsection (d)) for whom a current mailing address
can be determined through such methods as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate.
''(2) Coordination in single mailing with social security
account statements.--In order to avoid sending separate
statements under this section and section 1143 in the case of
an individual for whom a social security account statement is
provided under section 1143 and a separate annual Medicare part
A information statement would otherwise be provided under this
section, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Commissioner
of Social Security, whether through transmittal of data or
otherwise, in a manner so that the annual Medicare part A
information statement is included and sent with such social
security account statement.
''(3) Methodology.--
''(A) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation
with the Commissioner of Social Security and the
Secretary of the Treasury, shall specify the
methodology to be used in estimating lifetime
contributions and lifetime benefits with respect to
annual Medicare part A information statements. Such
methodology for computing the lifespan of an individual
shall be the same methodology used for purposes of the
social security account statement under section 1143.
''(B) Inclusion of description in statement.--The
Secretary shall include a brief description of the key
assumptions used in such methodology in the annual
Medicare part A information statements.
''(4) Summary of medicare part a program.--Each annual
Medicare part A information statement shall include a summary
of part A of the Medicare program. Such summary shall also
include a summary description of benefits and enrollment
options under parts B, C, and D of title XVIII, but shall
indicate that the information described in subsection (b) does
not include information related to contributions and benefits
under those parts.
''(b) Medicare Part A Information Statement Described.--In addition
to the information described in paragraphs (3)(B) and (4) of subsection
(a), each annual Medicare part A information statement for an eligible
individual shall contain the following:
''(1) HI employee contributions.--The total contributions
described in section 1143(a)(2)(C) for the individual--
''(A) for the most recent year for which data are
available;
''(B) to the extent feasible, for previous periods
through the end of such year; and
''(C) as projected for the individual during the
individual's lifetime.
To the extent feasible, of such total contributions the portion
that is attributable to employer, employee, and self-employment
contributions.
''(2) Medicare part a benefits.--In the case of an eligible
individual--
''(A) who, for such most recent year, was entitled
to benefits under part A of title XVIII, the total
value of such benefits provided to the individual under
such part as of the end of such year and, to the extent
feasible, the total value of such benefits for such
individual for previous periods through the end of such
year; and
''(B) an estimate of the actuarial value of the
expected benefits under such part for the individual
during the individual's lifetime, including (but stated
separately) any benefits described in subparagraph (A).
''(3) Comparison.--An appropriate comparison of such
contributions with such benefits.
''(c) Records Retention.--The Secretary shall provide for the
indefinite retention of information that--
''(1) is described in subsection (b), including benefits
described in subsection (b)(2); and
''(2) the Secretary has not discarded as of the date of the
enactment of this section.
''(d) Eligible Individual Defined.--In this section, the term
'eligible individual' means an individual--
''(1) who has a social security account number;
''(2) who has attained age 25 or over; and
''(3) who is entitled to benefits under part A of title
XVIII or who, as of the end of the most recent year referred to
in subsection (b)(1)(A), has had any contributions described in
subsection (b)(1) made with respect to the individual during
such year or a previous year.''.
(b) Inclusion of Social Security Account Statement for Those
Receiving Annual Medicare Part A Information Statement.--Section
1143(a)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-13(a)(3)) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
''Such term includes an individual not described in the previous
sentence who is an eligible individual (as defined in subsection (d) of
section 1143A) for whom an annual Medicare part A information statement
is provided under such section.''.
Medicare Information Act of 2011 - Amends part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide to each eligible individual annually a statement of Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) contributions and benefits in coordination with the annual mailing of Social Security account statements.