Save Medicare Act
Sponsored By: Representative Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced
Summary
Rename the Medicare Advantage program to the Alternative Private Health Plan program. This bill would change the official name used for the Part C program and require an orderly transition in plan and provider materials to reduce beneficiary confusion.
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- Families and beneficiaries would get updated plan materials using the new name to help reduce confusion. The transition must be finished for materials for plan years beginning on or after October 15, 2023.
- Part C plans and insurers would be legally referenced under the new name and must treat prior names like "Medicare Advantage" and "MA" as equivalent. Plans would face a $100,000 civil money penalty for each instance a plan title uses the term "Medicare".
- Regulators would enforce the new penalty by adding it to Section 1128A of the Social Security Act and applying the same enforcement rules that govern other civil money penalties under that section.
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Rename Medicare Advantage; $100K Fine
If enacted, the bill would rename the Part C program (Medicare Advantage / Medicare+Choice) to the "Alternative Private Health Plan" program while keeping the program's current rules. It would require an orderly transition so materials stop using the old names for plan years beginning on or after October 15, 2023. Until the transition is complete, references to the new name would be treated as including the old terms. The bill would also add a civil money penalty of $100,000 for each instance a Part C plan advertises the word "Medicare" in its plan title, effective on or after the date of enactment. Enforcement would follow the same civil money penalty rules that now apply under section 1128A.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Cosponsors
Schakowsky
IL • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Khanna
CA • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
CT • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]
PA • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]
TX • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]
FL • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]
OH • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
NY • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Ocasio-Cortez
NY • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
MN • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Roll Call Votes
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