To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage plans to automatically reconsider determinations denying coverage.
Latest action · Nov 18, 2025 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.
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.
- IntroducedNov 18, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 18, 2025 to Dec 16, 2025; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Dec 16, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2025 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2025Introduced in House
- Nov 18, 2025Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 194, November 18, 2025, page H4771.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage plans to automatically reconsider determinations denying coverage.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
