Rename so-called Medicare Advantage plans and prohibit private insurers from using “Medicare” in plan titles or advertisements.

Janice D. Schakowsky · Illinois · Democratic

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This bill renames so-called “Medicare Advantage” plans, prohibits private insurers from using “Medicare” in plan titles or advertisements, and imposes significant fines for any insurer that engages in this deceptive practice.

Schakowsky reintroduced the Save Medicare Act, committing to change the branding of Medicare Advantage and ban private insurers from using Medicare in their marketing.

Schakowsky, Pocan, Khanna Reintroduce Bill to Strengthen Medicare, Define Alternative Plans | Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
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reintroduced the Save Medicare Act. This bill renames so-called “Medicare Advantage” plans, prohibits private insurers from using “Medicare” in plan titles or advertisements, and imposes significant fines for any insurer that engages in this deceptive practice.

Schakowsky is sponsoring legislation to rename Medicare Advantage and bar insurers from using 'Medicare' in plan names or ads.

Press Releases | Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
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Evidence

The article says Pocan would reintroduce the Save Medicare Act with Ro Khanna and Jan Schakowsky as a co-sponsor. It says the bill would prohibit insurers from using the word Medicare in plan titles and would fine companies for deceptive marketing.

Concrete legislative attempt to rename Medicare Advantage plans and stop misuse of the Medicare name, but the article says the bill was only being reintroduced and was not enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

‘Seniors are getting ripped off’: progressive congressman Mark Pocan on overhauling Medicare
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The report says CMS rules taking effect October 15, 2023 barred insurers from misleadingly using the Medicare name or logo in Medicare Advantage advertising and from advertising benefits unavailable in a given area.

This partially delivered the advertising side of the claim through federal rulemaking, but it did not rename the plans or ban Medicare from plan titles.

partial same_term A for effort

Medicare Advantage ads will look different this fall
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

The promise had two main parts: renaming Medicare Advantage plans and barring private insurers from using "Medicare" in plan titles or advertisements. Evidence shows Schakowsky co-sponsored a bill to do both, which is a serious attempt, but it was not enacted. Separately, CMS rules effective October 15, 2023 did restrict misleading use of the Medicare name or logo in Medicare Advantage advertising, partially achieving the advertising side of the promise during her term. But the plans were not renamed and insurers were not broadly prohibited from using "Medicare" in plan titles. That supports partial rather than full delivery.

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