A Democratic bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill is called the ``Protecting Americans' Health Care Act of 2026''. It was introduced in the House of Representatives on July 9, 2026, by Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania. The main purpose of the bill is to repeal the Medicaid-related portions of an earlier law, which is Public Law 119-21. It also restores or revives any law that was changed by those specific repealed portions as if those changes never happened.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Repealing Medicaid-related changes: Under Section 2, the bill repeals the provisions and amendments made by chapter 1 of subtitle B of title VII of Public Law 119-21, and restores any law amended by that chapter as if it had never been enacted. This might be seen as positive for individuals relying on those prior laws because it completely undoes the Medicaid-related changes from that previous act.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Restoration of prior laws without details: Under Section 2, the bill revives previous laws as if the repealed chapter had never been enacted. This could create negative outcomes or burdens if individuals or groups preferred the specific changes that were previously put in place by Public Law 119-21, since those changes are now completely wiped out and the old laws are brought back.
- 7/9/2026
- Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
- Introduced in House
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