Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced
Summary
Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security would be created to evaluate long-term solvency and reform options for Social Security and Medicare. It would study changes like alternative cost-of-living indexes and Medicare premium formulas that account for financial hardship.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Commission to Study Medicare and Social Security
This bill would create an 11-member commission in the legislative branch to study Social Security (title II) and Medicare (title XVIII). Appointments would be made within 60 days and the commission would meet within 30 days and elect two co-chairs. Members would serve without pay and federal employees would not receive extra pay for serving. The commission would hire a Director paid at Executive Schedule level V, could appoint staff (up to GS-15 rates), and could request help and information from agencies including CBO and GAO. It would have $2,000,000 authorized to carry out its work and must report to Congress within 1 year of its first meeting on alternative inflation indexes (including CPI-E), Medicare premium formulas (including financial hardship and socioeconomic factors), program sustainability reforms, and fraud and improper-payment reforms. The commission would end 60 days after sending that report to Congress.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
FL • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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