,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbaa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ab1 #bjad    
,mrs4 ,walorski introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce1 for a period to be       
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,comptroller 
,general of the ,united ,states to      
conduct studies on enrollment by racial 
and ethnic minorities and by low-income 
seniors in the ,medicare ,advantage     
program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,advantage of       
,medicare ,advantage for ,minorities and
 ,low-,income ,seniors ,act of #bjad4   
#b4 ,,gao studies and reports on        
enrollment by racial and ethnic         
minorities and by low-income seniors in 
,medicare ,advantage program  7a7       

,studies  7#a7 ,in general ,the         
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall conduct1 with respect to  
each ,medicare ,advantage population    
group 7as defined in paragraph 7#b771 a 
study on--  7,a7 the number of          
individuals in each ,state who are      
members of such ,medicare ,advantage    
population group and who are enrolled   
for plan year #bjad1 and the number of  
such individuals in each ,state who were
 enrolled for prior plan years 7as      
determined through a survey of          
historical data regarding such          
enrollment71 in ,medicare ,advantage    
plans under the ,medicare ,advantage    
program under part ,c of title ,,xviii  
of the ,social ,security ,act2 and  7,b7
 the projected impact of payment        
reductions to such ,medicare ,advantage 
program1 including such reductions      
resulting from the provisions of and    
amendments made by the ,patient         
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
7,public ,law #aaa-adh7 and from        

administrative actions1 on the number of
 individuals who are members of such    
,medicare ,advantage population group in
 each ,state who are projected to be    
enrolled for each plan year beginning   
with plan year #bjae in ,medicare       
,advantage plans under such ,medicare   
,advantage program4  7#b7 ,definition of
 ,medicare ,advantage population group  
,in this section1 the term ,medicare    
,advantage population group means each  
of the following population groups3     
7,a7 ,the group of individuals who are  
members of one or more racial or ethnic 
minority populations4  7,b7 ,the group  
of individuals who are low-income       
seniors4  7b7 ,report ,not later than   
#ah months after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,comptroller
 ,general of the ,united ,states shall  
submit a report to ,congress on the     
results of the studies conducted under  
subsection 7a74