Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-11-07Topic: health care

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This bill would bar the Secretary of Health and Human Services from carrying out the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model under Medicare. The WISeR Model, announced in a July 1, 2025 federal notice, would use prior authorization for select Medicare services. The bill would also bar the Secretary from carrying out any substantially similar model.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2025-11-07	House	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.	refer
2025-11-07	House	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.	refer
2025-11-07		Introduced in House	introduce
2025-11-07		Introduced in House	introduce

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