Addressing Red Tape for Medicare Enrollment

Floor Speech

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Mrs. KIM of California. Mr. Speaker, under current law, American seniors who defer enrollment in Medicare may find themselves hit with higher fees due to late enrollment charges. Permanently raising seniors' healthcare premiums for delaying Medicare enrollment only hurts seniors who are already struggling on fixed incomes.

That is why I helped introduce the Medicare Economic Security Solutions Act. This is a bipartisan bill to cap these fees and address red tape for seniors enrolling in Medicare.

As someone who is approaching the eligibility age myself--believe it or not--protecting the benefits our seniors have earned is personal to me.

I am proud to help lead this bipartisan and commonsense bill that would lower costs for my constituents. I urge my colleagues to join me on this bill.

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