To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services by previous Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity that makes Medicare Advantage the default under the Medicare program.

119 HR 6114 IH: To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services by previous Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity that makes Medicare Advantage the default under the Medicare program. U.S. House of Representatives 2025-11-18 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6114 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 18, 2025 Mr. Pocan (for himself, Mr. Carson , Mr. Cohen , Ms. DeLauro , Mr. Doggett , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Khanna , Ms. Norton , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Takano , Mr. Thanedar , Ms. Tlaib , Ms. McBride , and Ms. Omar ) introduced the following bill; which was 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 A BILL To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services by previous Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity that makes Medicare Advantage the default under the Medicare program. 1. Prohibiting use of appropriated funds to make Medicare Advantage the default under the Medicare program Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available by previous Appropriations Acts to the Department of Health and Human Services for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year may be used for any activity that deems an individual entitled to benefits under part A and enrolled under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ) who fails to make an election under subsection (e)(1) of section 1851 of such title to have elected an MA plan under part C of such title other than as provided in subsection (c)(3) of such section.