Search Results: keywords:"medicare secondary payer act"

  • S. 5018 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify and preserve the breadth of the protections under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:437

    S. 5018 aims to amend the Social Security Act to strengthen the Medicare Secondary Payer Act. The bill seeks to prevent health insurance plans from transferring the primary responsibility of covering healthcare costs for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) to...

    Simple Explanation

    Medicare wants to make sure that people's regular health insurance, not Medicare, pays for their kidney illness costs first. This bill tries to stop health insurances from ignoring their job by making Medicare pay and ensures that they treat all patients with kidney problems fairly.

  • H. R. 6860 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify and preserve the breadth of the protections under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:510

    H.R. 6860 aims to amend the Social Security Act to clarify protections under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act for patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). The bill seeks to prevent private health plans from discriminating against dialysis patients or classifying dialysis less favorably...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 6860 is a special rule that says private health insurance can't treat people who need kidney dialysis any worse than other patients, and it can't make Medicare pay for their treatments when the insurance should. It also talks about playing fair by letting companies pick which dialysis places they will work with, but not in a way that leaves smaller ones out or confuses people.