S. 2530 · 108th Congress
Unshackle Seniors Act of 2004
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Unshackle Seniors Act of 2004 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit Medicare beneficiaries to purchase more than one prescription drug discount card.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 16, 2004
Unshackle Seniors Act of 2004 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit Medicare beneficiaries to purchase more than one prescription drug discount card.
Authorizes an individual to elect to disenroll from a prescription drug program, and receive a mandatory refund of the entire annual enrollment fee, if: (1) the individual is involuntarily disenrolled from the program for a reason that is not the individual's fault; (2) the negotiated price of a covered discount card program increases; or (3) the card sponsor changes the applicable formulary.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Unshackle Seniors Act of 2004
Latest action (Jun 16, 2004): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 16, 2004
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.