HR 35 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Close the Medigap Act of 2023

Introduced Jan 9, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Lloyd Doggett D-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 9, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Close the Medigap Act of 2023

This bill (1) expands guaranteed issue rights with respect to Medigap policies (Medicare supplemental health insurance policies), (2) eliminates certain limitations on Medigap policies for newly eligible Medicare beneficiaries, and (3) modifies other provisions related to Medigap policies. (Guaranteed issue rights require that a policy be offered to any eligible applicant without regard to health status.)

Cosponsors 57

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2023 to Nov 13, 2024, with 34 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalJan 9, 2023
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJan 9, 2023
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJan 9, 2023
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJan 9, 2023
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalJan 9, 2023
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalJan 9, 2023
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJan 9, 2023
D-PADwight EvansOriginalJan 9, 2023
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJan 9, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJan 9, 2023
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalJan 9, 2023
D-TXGreg CasarOriginalJan 9, 2023
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalJan 9, 2023
D-NYJamaal BowmanOriginalJan 9, 2023
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJan 9, 2023
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jan 9, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jan 9, 2023Referred 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.
  4. Jan 9, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Subjects

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  1. Jan 9, 2023Introduced in House

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