Expanding Health Care Options for Early Retirees Act

United States116th CongressS-2552Senate
Updated: Sep 26, 2019

Summary

Expanding Health Care Options for Early Retirees Act This bill establishes a Medicare buy-in option for certain qualifying first responders. Specifically, the bill allows first responders aged 50 to 64 to enroll in Medicare if they are retired or otherwise separated from service due to a disability. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must determine enrollment periods and set premiums for the buy-in option established under the bill, in accordance with specified requirements. The CMS must also award grants to states and nonprofit organizations for outreach and enrollment activities relating to the buy-in option.

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Timeline

Latest companion bill action

HR-4527: Expanding Health Care Options for Early Retirees Act

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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