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S. 1479: Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011
A bill to preserve Medicare beneficiary choice by restoring and expanding Medicare open enrollment and disenrollment opportunities.
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Tue, Aug 2, 2011
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introduced Tue, Aug 2, 2011
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May-12
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011
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A bill to preserve Medicare beneficiary choice by restoring and expanding Medicare open enrollment and disenrollment opportunities.
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SUMMARY:
8/2/2011--Introduced.
Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the allowance for disenrollment, between January 1 and March 15 of each year, only from an MedicareAdvantage plan to elect enrollment in the original Medicare fee-for-service program. Restores the option under previous law to elect to change from a MedicareAdvantage to the original Medicare fee-for-service plan, or from the original Medicare fee-for-service to a MedicareAdvantage plan, once a year during the first three months.
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