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Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)

Medicare for All Act

H.R. 3069 · House bill Health

A Democratic bill with 118 Democratic cosponsors · See all 118 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Workforce, Rules, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, and the Judiciary, 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.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill establishes a national Medicare-for-All health insurance program to provide comprehensive health coverage to United States residents. It creates a universal enrollment system that issues a Universal Medicare card and eliminates cost-sharing like deductibles, copayments, and balance billing for covered services. The program covers a wide range of medical care, including hospital services, long-term care, prescription drugs, dental, vision, and mental health care. Over a two-year transition period, certain age groups become eligible early, and existing programs like the ACA exchanges and traditional Medicare are eventually phased out. Funding is channeled through a newly created Universal Medicare Trust Fund, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services is given broad authority to set budgets and negotiate provider payments and drug prices.

Yes· 3 of 53

  • Scored +10

    Would children be better off under this?

    Provides automatic enrollment at birth and comprehensive pediatric coverage.

  • Scored +10

    Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?

    Guarantees universal access to health care regardless of employment status.

  • Scored +10

    Would people over 65 be better off under this?

    Expands Medicare to include comprehensive long-term care and removes cost-sharing.

The opposite· 3 of 7

  • Scored -10

    Does this lower what people pay for private health insurance?

    Bans private insurers from selling coverage that duplicates the act's benefits, effectively eliminating the primary private insurance market.

  • Scored -10

    Does this give the government more power to monitor people inside the country?

    Explicitly prohibits the use of program resources for law enforcement of registration requirements based on immigration, religion, or national origin.

  • Scored -8

    Does this strengthen the Affordable Care Act?

    Sunsets State Exchanges and other ACA-related provisions to transition to the single-payer system.