introduced legislation – the Save Money, Save Lives Act – to repeal a provision in Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that eliminates Section 1115 Waivers.
Repeal the provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that eliminates Section 1115 Medicaid waivers.
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introduced legislation – the Save Money, Save Lives Act – to repeal a provision in Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that eliminates Section 1115 Waivers.
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to amend Public Law 119–21 to repeal the budget neutrality requirement for certain Medicaid demonstration projects
introduced legislation – the Save Money, Save Lives Act – to repeal a provision in Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that eliminates Section 1115 Waivers
Evidence
GovInfo lists H.R. 8234 as introduced in the House on April 9, 2026 and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The bill title states it would repeal the budget neutrality requirement for certain Medicaid demonstration projects under Public Law 119-21, which is the section Pettersen says is blocking Section 1115 waivers.
Pettersen's office said she introduced the Save Money, Save Lives Act to repeal a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that eliminates Section 1115 waivers. The post describes the bill as introduced and gives no indication of House committee markup, floor action, or enactment as of the post date.
GovInfo lists H.R. 8234 as introduced in the House on April 9, 2026 and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The bill title states it would repeal the budget neutrality requirement for certain Medicaid demonstration projects under Public Law 119-21.
The bill text says it is 'To amend Public Law 119–21 to repeal the budget neutrality requirement for certain Medicaid demonstration projects' and shows introduction in the House on April 9, 2026 with referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pettersen's office said she introduced the Save Money, Save Lives Act to repeal a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that eliminates Section 1115 Waivers. The post describes the bill as introduced and gives no indication of House committee markup, floor action, or enactment as of the post date.
The House Rules Committee amendment list includes Pettersen's amendment: 'Strikes the budget neutrality provision for Section 1115 waivers.' The page shows the amendment as offered in the House consideration of H.R. 1, but it does not show that the repeal language was enacted into law.
The official news page repeats that Pettersen introduced legislation to repeal the provision in Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' that eliminates Section 1115 Waivers. The page is an announcement of introduction, not evidence of enactment or repeal.
Assessments
Pettersen materially advanced the promised repeal by introducing the Save Money, Save Lives Act, H.R. 8234, and offering related amendment language to strike the Section 1115 waiver budget-neutrality provision. The official record shows the bill was introduced on April 9, 2026 and referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, with no evidence of committee passage, floor passage, enactment, or actual repeal. Because she remains in federal office and the repeal effort is pending rather than conclusively failed, the promise is unresolved, with credit for serious same-term effort.
The available evidence shows Brittany Pettersen made a serious legislative effort to achieve this promise: she offered an amendment to strike the provision and later introduced H.R. 8234, the Save Money, Save Lives Act, specifically to repeal the relevant Medicaid Section 1115-waiver restriction. But the record provided shows only introduction and referral, with no committee passage, floor passage, or enactment of the repeal. Because there was a substantial attempt but no delivered policy change, the promise is best scored as never rather than delivered or partial.