Take Back Our Hospitals Act of 2026

This bill would bar Medicare from making payments to hospitals or skilled nursing facilities that are owned or controlled by a private equity fund, a company owned or controlled by a private equity fund, a real estate investment trust, or an affiliate of these firms. Facilities already owned by such firms when the bill becomes law would have 3 years before the ban applies to them. Facilities found in violation would be entitled to notice and a hearing. The owning firms would share legal responsibility for any penalties the facility receives, and owning 10 percent or more of a facility's voting shares would count as control.

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Sponsors

• Christopher Murphy Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors