HR 1051 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Medicare Beneficiary Freedom to Choose Act of 2011

Introduced Mar 11, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Sam Johnson R-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 17, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 11, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Beneficiary Freedom to Choose Act of 2011- Amends title XVIII (Medicare) to revise requirements for the use of private contracts by Medicare beneficiaries under which no Medicare claims shall be made. Requires any such contract to be in writing and signed by the Medicare beneficiary.

Allows individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance), and makes them eligible for health savings accounts.



Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 11, 2011 to Oct 26, 2012, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TNDiane BlackOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-TXMichael T. McCaulOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-TXRon PaulOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-WADavid G. ReichertMar 17, 2011
R-TXMichael C. BurgessMar 31, 2011
D-TXRalph M. HallMay 16, 2012
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiOct 26, 2012

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 17, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Mar 15, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Mar 11, 2011Introduced in House
  4. Mar 11, 2011Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 11, 2011Introduced in House

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