Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008/Title I/Subtitle A

SUBTITLE A — BENEFICIARY IMPROVEMENTS

Part I—Prevention, Mental Health, and Marketing

Sec. 101. Improvements to Coverage of Preventive Services.

Sec. 102. Elimination of Discriminatory Copayment Rates for Medicare Outpatient Psychiatric Services.

Sec. 103. Prohibitions and Limitations on Certain Sales and Marketing Activities Under Medicare Advantage Plans and Prescription Drug Plans.

Sec. 104. Improvements to the Medigap Program.

Part II—Income Programs

Sec. 111. Extension of Qualifying Individual (QI) Program.

Sec. 112. Application of Full LIS Subsidy Assets Test Under Medicare Savings Program.

Sec. 113. Eliminating Barriers to Enrollment.

Sec. 114. Elimination of Medicare PART D Late Enrollment Penalties Paid by Subsidy Eligible Individuals.

Sec. 115. Eliminating Application of Estate Recovery.

Sec. 116. Exemptions From Income and Resources for Determination of Eligibility for Low-Income Subsidy.

Sec. 117. Judicial Review of Decisions of the Commissioner of Social Security Under the Medicare PART D Low-Income Subsidy Program.

Sec. 118. Translation of Model Form.

Sec. 119. Medicare Enrollment Assistance.