# 119-s-2072: MORE Savings Act

119-s-2072, MORE Savings Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-07).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2072
- Congress: 119
- Title: MORE Savings Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-12
- Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-07

## Summary

**Would eliminate cost-sharing for opioid treatment and recovery support services across Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans.** It centers on medication-assisted treatment, overdose-reversal drugs, behavioral health care, and recovery supports like peer counseling and transportation. - Medicare beneficiaries in up to 15 states would be covered by a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation demonstration that provides prescription drugs for opioid use disorder, behavioral health and community support services, and recovery-support services with no copays, coinsurance, or deductibles. - States could add recovery-support services to medication-assisted treatment and receive an enhanced 90 percent Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for MAT expenditures during the specified initial period. - For plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, group health plans and health insurance issuers would be required to cover opioid-use-disorder drugs, behavioral health services including licensed non-hospital residential care, and community recovery supports without cost-sharing.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Medicare model to remove opioid costs: benefit, medium. If enacted, Medicare would run a demonstration in 15 States to eliminate copays, coinsurance, and deductibles for certain opioid drugs, behavioral health treatment, and recovery supports like peer counseling and rides. The 15 States would be chosen for high shares of Medicare beneficiaries, high op…
- More Medicaid support for recovery: benefit, medium. If enacted, States could choose to add recovery-support services, like peer counseling and transportation, to Medicaid medication-assisted treatment. Also, during the covered period that begins on enactment, Medicaid would get a 90% federal match for amounts States spend on medication-assisted trea…
- No cost-sharing for opioid care: benefit, medium. If enacted, group and individual private health plans would have to cover and not charge copays, coinsurance, or deductibles for drugs that treat opioid use disorder or reverse overdose. Plans would also have to cover behavioral health treatment for opioid use disorder, including licensed non-hospi…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-1232: Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

## Sources
- [119-s-2072 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2072)

## Related
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-1232: Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1232)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2072 (as of 2026-10-07).