Earned Benefits Equality and Family Reunification Act

This bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to start a 10-year Medicare demonstration program within one year of enactment. Under the program, people enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B who live in or move to selected countries could use Medicare to pay for health care, premiums, and cost-sharing under those countries' health systems. The Secretary would initially select at least 11 countries, including Canada, Germany, India, Israel, South Korea, the Philippines, Panama, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Ghana. Participation would be voluntary, could be capped at no fewer than 150,000 people, and total program spending could not exceed what Medicare would pay for equivalent services in the United States. Payments would come from the Medicare trust funds, and the Secretary would report annual and final evaluations to Congress.

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