Medicare Enrollment Protection Act of 2022
Summary
Medicare Enrollment Protection Act of 2022 This bill provides for a special enrollment period for Medicare medical benefits for individuals who are enrolled in COBRA continuation coverage at the time they qualify for Medicare. The special enrollment period applies during each month of COBRA coverage and the three-month period after coverage ends; individuals may enroll during the special enrollment period once during their lifetime.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 9, 2022
Last action Sep 12, 2022
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Total actions
3
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Committee
2
Sep 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Sep 9, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
lower
Sep 9, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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