Medicare Savings Program Improvement Act of 2007

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries by improving eligibility and services under the Medicare Savings Program, and for other purposes.

9/26/2007--Introduced.
Medicare Savings Program Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMB) and Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (SLMB) programs (Medicare Savings Program) to increase the income eligibility levels for:
(1) QMBs to 135% of the federal poverty level (FPL); and
(2) SLMBs to 150% of the FPL. Eliminates the application of estate recovery for Medicare Savings Program beneficiaries. Modifies the asset tests for QMBs and SLMBs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for expedited enrollment under the Medicare Savings Program through Social Security offices. Provides for treatment of QMBs, SLMBs, and other dual eligibles as Medicare beneficiaries.
Amends SSA title XIX with respect to Medicaid treatment of certain Medicare providers.
Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to examine and report on whether providers have attempted to make QMBs liable for deductibles, coinsurance, and co-payments in violation of applicable law. Requires the Secretary to report an enforcement plan of action to Congress regarding any QMBs that have been held so liable in violation of law.
Requires states to provide medical assistance to dual eligibles in MedicareAdvantage (MA) plans.


... morehide bill summarySee Full Bill Text

Sponsor

• Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
• and 3 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
  • Sen. Ken Salazar [D, CO]
  • Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
  close

Committees

• Senate Finance

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2101

Number	Status	Purpose

Bill Status

Make a Bill Status Widget (Close help)

OpenCongress widgets allow you to display information about bills and issue areas on your own website or blog. First, select which bill or issue you want to track, then customize the appearance of the panel, and finally paste a simple chunk of HTML into your site. Now your community will have an easy, up-to-date way to track the status of important bills and issues in Congress.

Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
September 26, 2007

Show All Actions (3 actions)Hide Actions

All Bill Actions

• Sep 26, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
• Sep 26, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12148-12149)
• Introduced on Sep 26, 2007.

---

Related Bills:

• H.R.3127

Related Issue Areas:

• Welfare eligibility
• Welfare
• Medicare
• Medical care
• 12 more
• Medicaid
• Managed care
• Law
• Governmental investigations
• Finance
• Estates (Law)
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Congress
• Collection of accounts
• Coinsurance
• Aged
• Health policy

Data from the Congressional Research Service

Show More User Statistics... Hide User Statistics

In the News

We are not currently finding any news articles on this topic using our daily automated search of Google News. However, if you know of a relevant news article to display here, OpenCongress site editors have the ability to add it manually. Simply e-mail us the web address of this page and the web address of your suggested news article: We'll post relevant links as quickly as possible. Also, if this topic is important to you, you could write a letter to the editor -- if a news article refers this specific topic by name, a link to that news article is likely to appear here soon.

Blog Coverage

April 11, 2008 Cleaning the Air by Cleaning Out Your Wallet

There is been a lot of press recently about the “America’s Climate Security Act of 2007″ (S. 2101)introduced by Lieberman (I-CT) and Warner (R-VA). The bill sounds sensible enough. It seeks to combat global warming (more on that later) ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Like I was sayin'

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

September 25, 2007 S. 2101, A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ...

S. 2101 would amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries by improving eligibility and services under the Medicare Savings Program....

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: washingtonwatch.com - Welcome to washingtonwatc...

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

See most useful blog posts

Information made available by: