The Medicare Rights Center introduces beneficiary admission notice and eligibility simplification (BENES) 2.0 ACT (HR 4960) to the U.S. House.
Led by Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Raul Ruiz, MD (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Brad Schneider (D-IL), the bipartisan bill will require the federal government to require advance notice of people with regard to basic registration rules to approach Medicare eligibility to achieve basic registration rules to fill long-term education and education.
Information gap
While most seniors and disabled people will automatically participate in Medicare Part B, more and more people are not. These individuals must consider specific timetables, complex health insurance rules and their existing coverage, and therefore have to make active admission options.
Beneficiaries may face financial fines, exceeding expectations of medical expenses, and failures in health coverage.
Too many people make mistakes when trying to browse this confusing system. Every year, the Medicare Rights Center’s national helpline hear people who think they follow the rules, but it’s too late to find out that they missed a critical deadline or decision point. The consequences can be serious: beneficiaries can face huge financial fines, higher-than-expected medical expenses, and failures in health coverage. For many, these mistakes stem from the lack of timely, actionable admission information.
Bipartisan solution building
The BENES 2.0 Act will help prevent these expensive mistakes by giving informed admission and coverage options. BENES 2.0 ACT provides common sense solutions to lasting and broad issues when ensuring people close to Medicare eligibility receive critical guidance on how and when to enroll. Its policy builds on the success and objectives of the Original Benes Act to further modernize Medicare enrollment to strengthen reception health, well-being and economic security.
Looking to the future
As the U.S. population ages rapidly, more people work in the future, and fewer people automatically recruit health insurance than in the past. These shifts make effective outreach and education even more urgent.
In 2021, nearly 780,000 Medicare beneficiaries paid a Part B admission fine, which increased its monthly premium by about 27%. Because as long as an individual has Part B, punishment applies, and therefore it is effective for life. If no action is taken, this difficulty will only continue.
We look forward to working together to bring the important reforms of the Benes 2.0 Act to life.
The Medicare Rights Center thanks representatives Bilirakis, Ruiz, Evans and Schneider for their leadership on this issue. We look forward to working together to bring the important reforms of the Benes 2.0 Act to life.
