Proposed legislation related to Medicaid: July 17, 2025 - August 22, 2025

H.R.4543 – Medicaid Breast Cancer Access to Treatment Act. To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage for certain individual with breast or cervical cancer under the Medicaid program.
Introduced July 17, 2025 by Maxine Waters (D-CA). Co-sponsored by 29 Democratic representatives, no Republicans. Referred to Energy and Commerce the same day.
Comment: I heart Maxine Waters.

H.R.4641 - Keep Kids Covered Act. To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for continuous eligibility for certain children under the Medicaid program and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Introduced July 23, 2025 by Kathy Castor (D-FL). Cosponsored by fourteen Democratic representatives and NO Republicans. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day.
Comment: Current law requires continued coverage until 1 year of age. This amends to 6 years of age. Additionally, this bill would provide no gaps for children in foster care. What is so hard about this?

H.R.4745 - Medicaid Bump Act. To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a higher Federal matching rate for increased expenditures under Medicaid for behavioral health services (including those related to mental health and substance use).
Introduced July 23, 2025 by Paul Tonko (D-NY). Cosponsored by Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA). Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day.

H.R.4796 - Restoring Essential Healthcare Act. To amend Public Law 119-21 to repeal the prohibition on making payments under the Medicaid program to certain entities.
Introduced July 29, 2025 by Laura Friedman (D-CA). Cosponsored by ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT DEMOCRATS AND NO REPUBLICANS. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day.
Serious comment and alert: If you have not done so already, you may want to read Public Law 119-21. That is what Trump likes to refer to as the BBB. Were you aware that the bill prohibited making any payments under Medicaid to abortion providers or other medical providers, specifically to “family planning services, reproductive health, and related medical care.”
Curiously, it also prohibits payments to medical providers etc., etc., where “the total amount of Federal and State expenditures under the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act for medical assistance furnished in fiscal year 2023 made directly, or by a covered organization, to the entity or to any affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, or clinics of the entity, or made to the entity or to any affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, or clinics of the entity as part of a nationwide health care provider network, exceeded $800,000.” That is not related to abortion. It is in general.
Won’t that kill clinics and hospitals that primarily serve low-income families?

H.R.4807 - Protect Our Hospitals Act. To amend Public Law 119-21 to repeal certain changes to provider taxes under the Medicaid program.
Introduced July 29, 2025 by Greg Landsman (D-OH). Cosponsored by eighteen Democrats and no Republicans. John Joyce did not cosponsor this legislation. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day.
Comment: If you are involved in healthcare, especially in hospital administration, could you please read Section 71115 of Public Law 119-21 (yes, the BBB) and explain the tax ramifications regarding Medicaid payments to hospitals to me?

H.Res.620 - Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Medicaid.
Introduced July 29, 2025 by Gabe Evans (R-CO). Cosponsored by Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Thomas Kean (R-NJ). Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day.
Comments: Why wasn’t this simply a voice vote? Who would vote against it? I want to know! And, Evans, Miller-Meeks, and Kean, now please vote like you mean it!

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