H.Res. 802 · 109th Congress
Encouraging all eligible Medicare beneficiaries who have not yet elected to enroll in the new Medicare Part D…
Full title
Encouraging all eligible Medicare beneficiaries who have not yet elected to enroll in the new Medicare Part D benefit to review the available options and to determine whether enrollment in a Medicare prescription drug plan best meets their current and future needs for prescription drug coverage.
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- House Introduced May 9, 2006
- House Passed May 11, 2006 406–0
Encourages all Medicare beneficiaries who are not yet enrolled in part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) review carefully all of the options available to them; and (2) determine whether enrollment in a Medicare prescription drug plan best meets their current and future needs for…
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · May 11, 2006
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Encourages all Medicare beneficiaries who are not yet enrolled in part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) review carefully all of the options available to them; and (2) determine whether enrollment in a Medicare prescription drug plan best meets their current and future needs for prescription drug coverage.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
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About this bill and sources
Official title: Encouraging all eligible Medicare beneficiaries who have not yet elected to enroll in the new Medicare Part D benefit to review the available options and to determine whether enrollment in a Medicare prescription drug plan best meets their current and future needs for prescription drug coverage.
Latest action (May 11, 2006): The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: May 9, 2006
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- House Introduced May 9, 2006
- House Passed May 11, 2006 406–0
Final vote · House · May 11, 2006
Adoption (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: J. Dennis Hastert