Meeting Our Responsibility to Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2005

Summary

Meeting Our Responsibility to Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) negotiating fair prices for Medicare prescription drugs; (2) elimination of the MA Regional Plan Stabilization Fund; (3) application of risk adjustment reflecting characteristics for the entire Medicare population in payments to Medicare advantage organizations; (4) modification of the annual out-of-pocket threshold with respect to prescription drug benefits; (5) requiring two prescription drug plans to avoid Federal fallback; (6) waiver of the part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program); (7) transition of full-benefit dual eligible individuals to coverage under the Medicare drug benefit; and (8) Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) premium reduction. Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on providing incentives to preserve retiree coverage. Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to make certain information regarding the sponsor of a qualified prescription drug plan receiving a subsidy under the prescription drug program available to the public through the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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Timeline

1. 24 January 2005

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S207-208)

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 24 January 2005

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 24 January 2005 · Download file

Documents

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Sponsors

• Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the MA Regional Plan Stabilization Fund and to extend health status adjustment.