# 119-hr-2610: Protecting Options for Seniors Act of 2025

119-hr-2610, Protecting Options for Seniors Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-05-23).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2610
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Options for Seniors Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-02
- Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-05-23

## Summary

**Fixes Medicare Advantage under-projections in local areas hit by big hospital wage-index jumps.** It creates a targeted, data-driven growth adjustment to MA rate setting for local areas where the weighted hospital wage index rises more than 20%. - Medicare Advantage plans in applicable local areas receive an extra growth adjustment added to the national per-capita MA growth percentage used to set rates. The adjustment is calculated from the area's wage-index change and a payment-weighting factor to produce a local growth percentage. - The benchmark cap and base payment formulas are changed to take that local adjustment into account. For applicable areas the higher of specified base amounts will be used when computing the base payment amount. - Hospitals in affected areas must have total Medicare Part A and Part B payments published separately at the hospital level. The adjustment must be benchmark-neutral so the enrollment-weighted average applicable amount does not change. Applies beginning with the 2026 computations and publications for MA payment areas.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23] (R-NY), 2025-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2025-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY), 2025-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22] (D-NY), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Higher Medicare Advantage payments in some areas: benefit, medium. If enacted, Medicare Advantage payments would get a targeted boost in some local areas. Starting with 2026 rates, areas where the hospital wage index for 2025 or later jumps more than 20% would qualify. CMS would add extra growth equal to the area's percent wage-index change times a local payment s…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-1410: 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2025
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-3204: BASIC ACT

## Sources
- [119-hr-2610 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2610)

## Related
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6766)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-1410: 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1410)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-3204: BASIC ACT](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3204)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2610 (as of 2026-05-23).