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.

This bill would bar the Department of Health and Human Services from using money given to it in earlier spending laws, for the current fiscal year, on any activity that automatically places people in a Medicare Advantage plan. It applies to people who have Medicare Part A and Part B but do not choose a plan during the election period. Those people could not be treated as having chosen a Medicare Advantage plan, except as already allowed under an existing section of the Medicare law.

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Sponsors

• Mark Pocan Democrat sponsor
• 16 cosponsors