Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the . Medicare for All Act The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Establishment of the Medicare for All Program; Universal Coverage; Enrollment Sec. 101. Establishment of the Medicare for All Program. Sec. 102. Universal coverage. Sec. 103. Freedom of choice. Sec. 104. Non-discrimination. Sec. 105. Enrollment. Sec. 106. Effective date of benefits. Sec. 107. Prohibition against duplicating coverage.
Title II—Comprehensive Benefits, Including Preventive Benefits and Benefits for Long-Term Care Sec. 201. Comprehensive benefits. Sec. 202. No cost-sharing; other limitations. Sec. 203. Exclusions and limitations. Sec. 204. Coverage of long-term care services. Title III—Provider Participation Sec. 301. Provider participation and standards; whistleblower protections. Sec. 302. Qualifications for providers. Sec. 303. Use of private contracts. Title IV—Administration Subtitle A—General Administration Provisions Sec. 401.
Administration. Sec. 402. Consultation. Sec. 403. Regional administration. Sec. 404. Beneficiary ombudsman. Sec. 405. Conduct of related health programs. Subtitle B—Control Over Fraud and Abuse Sec. 411. Application of Federal sanctions to all fraud and abuse under the Medicare for All Program. Title V—Quality Assessment Sec. 501. Quality standards. Sec. 502. Addressing health care disparities. Title VI—Health Budget; Payments; Cost Containment Measures Subtitle A—Budgeting Sec. 601.
National health budget. Subtitle B—Payments to Providers Sec. 611. Payments to institutional providers based on global budgets. Sec. 612. Payment to individual providers through fee-for-service. Sec. 613. Ensuring accurate valuation of services under the Medicare physician fee schedule. Sec. 614. Payment prohibitions; capital expenditures; special projects. Sec. 615. Office of Health Equity. Sec. 616. Office of Primary Care. Sec. 617. Payments for prescription drugs and approved devices and equipment.
Title VII—Universal Medicare Trust Fund Sec. 701. Universal Medicare Trust Fund. Title VIII—Conforming Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Sec. 801. Prohibition of employee benefits duplicative of benefits under the Medicare for All Program; coordination in case of workers’ compensation. Sec. 802. Application of continuation coverage requirements under ERISA and certain other requirements relating to group health plans. Sec. 803. Effective date of title.
Title IX—Additional Conforming Amendments Sec. 901. Relationship to existing Federal health programs. Sec. 902. Sunset of provisions related to the State Exchanges. Sec. 903. Sunset of provisions related to pay for performance programs. Title X—Transition Subtitle A—Medicare for All Transition over 2 Years and Transitional Buy-In Option Sec. 1001. Medicare for all transition over two years. Sec. 1002. Establishment of the Medicare transition buy-in. Subtitle B—Transitional Medicare Reforms Sec. 1011.
Eliminating the 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage for individuals with disabilities. Sec. 1012. Ensuring continuity of care. Title XI—Miscellaneous Sec. 1101. Definitions. Sec. 1102. Rules of construction. Sec. 1103. No use of resources for law enforcement of certain registration requirements.