To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to maintain a website for Medicare beneficiaries to search for providers participating in MA plans and traditional Medicare.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires HHS to maintain a website that lets Medicare beneficiaries search for providers participating in Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare.
Who Benefits and How
Medicare beneficiaries and prospective beneficiaries could more easily compare provider participation across Medicare Advantage and original Medicare.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HHS would have to build and maintain a provider-search website covering both Medicare Advantage networks and original Medicare participation.
Key Provisions
- Requires a Medicare provider-search website within one year.
- Requires the site to let users search for providers and suppliers participating in Medicare Advantage plans and original Medicare.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires HHS to maintain a website that lets Medicare beneficiaries search for providers participating in Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations, Technology
Primary Purpose
Requires HHS to maintain a website that lets Medicare beneficiaries search for providers participating in Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Medicare beneficiaries and prospective beneficiaries searching for participating providers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- HHS staff building and maintaining the provider-search website
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Pocan (for himself, Mr. Carson, Mr. Cohen, Ms. DeLauro, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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