United States · Bill · S
S. 2708 (115th)
Choose Medicare Act
Introduced
18 April 2018
Last action
18 April 2018 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2265-2266)
Sponsors
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Choose Medicare Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish public health plans that are available on health insurance markets, subject to specified requirements; the bill also makes a series of changes related to health insurance costs, including alterations to cost-sharing provisions and the authority to negotiate prices under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
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Timeline
18 April 2018
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2265-2266)
Source: IntroReferral
18 April 2018
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 18 April 2018 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Marketplace Certainty Act
- related to → Affordable Health Insurance for the Middle Class Act
- related to → Affordable Health Insurance for the Middle Class Act
- related to → Marketplace Certainty Act
- related to → Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2017
- related to ← Choose Medicare Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2708
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/2708
- us · 115-s-2708 · source updated 5 December 2025