H.R. 2056 · 110th Congress
Medicare Part D Improvement Act of 2007
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Joe Courtney
- Introduced
- 2007-04-26
- Latest action
- 2007-05-02 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Medicare Part D Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for the Medicare prescription drug program with respect to: (1) counting certain expenditures towards out-of-pocket limits; (2) conforming the late enrollment penalty to the Medicare part B penalty structure; (3) allowing more frequent changes in plans; and (4) removing the asset test and eliminating late enrollment penalties for low-income subsidy eligible individuals.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on how to: (1) eliminate the gap in Medicare part D prescription drug coverage created through the application of an initial coverage limit; and (2) finance such elimination.