[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6114 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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.
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