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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2793 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To allow individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare part A benefit. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | APRIL9, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. P |
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| 9 | 9 | | ALMERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Committee on Ways and Means |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 12 | | To allow individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare |
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| 13 | 13 | | part A benefit. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Retirement Freedom 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SEC. 2. ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO CHOOSE TO OPT OUT 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | OF THE MEDICARE PART A BENEFIT. 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Any individual who is otherwise entitled to benefits 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act may 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | elect (in such form and manner as may be specified by 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | the Secretary of Health and Human Services) to opt out 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 2793 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | of such entitlement. Notwithstanding any other provision 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | of law, in the case of an individual who makes such an 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | election, such individual— 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) may (in such form and manner as may be 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | specified by the Secretary) subsequently choose to 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | end such election and opt back into such entitlement 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (in accordance with a process determined by the 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Secretary) without being subject to any penalty; 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) shall not be required to opt out of benefits 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | under title II of such Act as a condition for making 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | such election; and 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) shall not be required to repay any amount 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | paid under such part A for items and services fur-13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | nished prior to making such election. 14 |
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