US HB5040 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on August 17 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-08-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on August 17 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-08-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing, align income and resource eligibility tests, simplify enrollment, and provide for other program improvements for low-income Medicare beneficiaries.
Title
Helping Seniors Afford Health Care Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE] | Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ] | Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA] | Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY] |
| Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-17 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2021-08-17 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| 2021-08-17 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
HB7585 (Related) 2022-06-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB4486 (Related) 2022-06-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB4486 (Related) 2022-06-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5040/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr5040/BILLS-117hr5040ih.pdf |
