H.R. 6114
IntroducedTo prohibit funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services by previous Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity that makes Medicare Advantage the default under the Medicare program.
Full text of the bill
Official source on Congress.gov ↗[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6114 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6114 To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services by previous Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity that makes Medicare Advantage the default under the Medicare program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 18, 2025 Mr. Pocan (for himself, Mr. Carson, Mr. Cohen, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. McBride, and Ms. Omar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services by previous Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity that makes Medicare Advantage the default under the Medicare program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PROHIBITING USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO MAKE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE THE DEFAULT UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available by previous Appropriations Acts to the Department of Health and Human Services for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year may be used for any activity that deems an individual entitled to benefits under part A and enrolled under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) who fails to make an election under subsection (e)(1) of section 1851 of such title to have elected an MA plan under part C of such title other than as provided in subsection (c)(3) of such section. <all>
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