Protect Medicare and fight efforts to privatize or dismantle it.

Suzan K. DelBene · Washington · Democratic

policy impact 0.74 specificity 0.72 extraction confidence 93%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

I am committed to protecting it and will fight against any efforts to privatize or dismantle Medicare.

DelBene commits to protecting Medicare and opposing privatization or dismantling of the program.

Health Care - Delbene For Congress
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.5

Evidence

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

GovInfo records DelBene as the sponsor of H.R. 5940, a bill “To prohibit implementation of the WISeR model under the Medicare program.”

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): DelBene introduced a bill to block CMS's WISeR Medicare model, a concrete action aligned with fighting privatization or denial-based prior authorization in traditional Medicare. The record shows introduction and referral, not enactment, so it supports partial rather than delivered status.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 5940 (IH) - Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

GovInfo records that Landsman and DelBene submitted a CRA resolution so the WISeR rule would have “no force or effect.”

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This later official record shows DelBene joined a Congressional Review Act attempt to overturn the CMS WISeR prior-authorization rule for Medicare. No concrete September 7-9, 2026 official delivery or reversal was found in the lookback; the action remains a serious but unresolved effort.

partial same_term A for effort

H.J. Res. 187 (IH) - Congressional disapproval of CMS WISeR rule
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

DelBene materially advanced efforts aligned with the promise by sponsoring H.R. 5940 to prohibit CMS's WISeR Medicare model and joining a CRA resolution to nullify the WISeR rule. These actions fit the promise to fight privatization or dismantling efforts in Medicare, especially because WISeR involved private contractors and prior authorization in traditional Medicare. However, the cited records show introduction/referral and an unresolved CRA effort, not enactment, repeal, or a completed protection of Medicare. This supports partial credit rather than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 89%