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 for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Establishment of the Medicare for All Program; Universal Entitlement to Benefits; Enrollment Sec. 101. Establishment of the Medicare for All Program. Sec. 102. Universal entitlement to benefits. 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 Benefits for Long-Term Care Sec. 201. Comprehensive benefits. Sec. 202. No patient cost-sharing. Sec. 203. Exclusions and limitations. Sec. 204. Continued coverage of institutional long-term care and other services under Medicaid. Sec. 205. Prohibiting recovery of correctly paid Medicaid benefits. Sec. 206. Additional State standards. 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 Medicare for All Program. TITLE V—Quality of Care Sec. 501.
Quality standards. Sec. 502. Addressing health care disparities. TITLE VI—National Health Budget; Provider Payments; Cost Containment Measures Subtitle A—Budgeting Sec. 601. National health budget. Sec. 602. Temporary worker assistance. Subtitle B—Payments to Providers Sec. 611. Payments to institutional providers based on global budgets. Sec. 612. Payments to individual providers through fee-for-service. Sec. 613. Accurate valuation of services under the Medicare physician fee schedule.
Sec. 614. Payments for prescription drugs and approved devices and equipment. Sec. 615. Payment prohibitions; capital expenditures; special projects. Sec. 616. Office of Health Equity. Sec. 617. Office of Primary Health Care. TITLE VII—Medicare for All Trust Fund Sec. 701. Medicare for All 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. Repeal 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 Federal and State Exchanges. TITLE X—Transition to Medicare for All Subtitle A—Improvements to Medicare Sec. 1001. Protecting Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries from high out-of-pocket costs.
Sec. 1002. Reducing Medicare part D annual out-of-pocket threshold. Sec. 1003. Expanding Medicare to cover dental and vision services and hearing aids and examinations under part B. Sec. 1004. Eliminating the 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage for individuals with disabilities. Sec. 1005. Guaranteed issue of Medigap policies. Subtitle B—Temporary Medicare Buy-In Option and Temporary Public Option Sec. 1011. Lowering the Medicare age. Sec. 1012. Establishment of the Medicare transition plan.
Subtitle C—Patient Protections During Medicare for All Transition Period Sec. 1021. Minimizing disruptions to patient care. Sec. 1022. Public consultation. Sec. 1023. Definitions. TITLE XI—Miscellaneous Sec. 1101. Updating resource limits for Supplemental Security Income eligibility (SSI). Sec. 1102. Definitions.