,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #aa1        
#bjai,mr4 ,kind 7for himself1 ,ms4      
,davids of ,kansas1 and ,mr4            
,butterfield7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on ,ways 
and ,means1 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 amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to require   
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services to disseminate to part ,d     
subsidy eligible individuals information
 comparing the premiums under ,,lis     
benchmark plans for such individuals4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,better ,transparency in        
,information for ,medicare              
,beneficiaries ,act of #bjai4  #b4      

,dissemination to ,medicare part ,d     
subsidy eligible individuals of         
information comparing premiums of       
certain prescription drug plans ,section
 #ahfj;,d-#a7;c77#c7 of the ,social     
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#aciew-#aja7;c77#c77 is amended by      
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,c7 ,information on     
premiums for subsidy eligible           
individuals  7i7 ,in general ,for plan  
year #bjbb and each subsequent plan     
year1 the ,secretary shall disseminate  
to each subsidy eligible individual 7as 
defined in section #ahfj;,d-#ad7;a77#c77
 information under this paragraph       
comparing premiums that would apply to  
such individual for prescription drug   
coverage under ,,lis benchmark plans1   
including1 in the case of an individual 
enrolled in a prescription drug plan    
under this part1 information that       
compares the premium that would apply if
 such individual were to remain enrolled
 in such plan to premiums that would    

apply if the individual were to enroll  
in other ,,lis benchmark plans4  7ii7   
,,lis benchmark plan ,for purposes of   
clause 7i71 the term ,,lis benchmark    
plan means1 with respect to an          
individual1 a prescription drug plan    
under this part that is offered in the  
region in which the individual resides  
and--  7,i7 that provides for a premium 
that is not more than the low-income    
benchmark premium amount 7as defined in 
section #ahfj;,d-#ad7;b77#b77 for such  
region2 or  7,,ii7 with respect to which
 the premium would be waived as de      
minimis pursuant to section             
#ahfj;,d-#ad7;a77#e7 for such           
individual4  4