Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the . Medicare Affordability and Enrollment Act of 2016 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Protecting against high out-of-pocket expenditures for Medicare fee-for-service benefits. Sec. 3. Reducing cost-sharing, aligning income and resource eligibility tests, and simplifying enrollment for low-income beneficiaries. Sec. 4. Reducing Medicare cost-sharing for low-income beneficiaries. Sec. 5.
Eliminating the 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage for disabled individuals. Sec. 6. Improving Medicare beneficiary enrollment procedures and effective dates of coverage. Sec. 7. Eliminating exclusion of part D eligible individuals residing in territories from eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies. Sec. 8. Extending funding for low-income Medicare beneficiary outreach and assistance education activities.