To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require any advertisement of a Medicare Advantage plan to include information related to the rates of prior authorization denials under such plan.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6111 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6111 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require any advertisement of a Medicare Advantage plan to include information related to the rates of prior authorization denials under such plan. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 18, 2025 Mr. Pocan (for himself, Mr. Carson, Mr. Cohen, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. McBride, and Ms. Omar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require any advertisement of a Medicare Advantage plan to include information related to the rates of prior authorization denials under such plan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. REQUIRING MA PLAN ADVERTISEMENTS TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON PRIOR AUTHORIZATION. Section 1852(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-22(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(3) Advertisement requirements.--Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, any advertisement of an MA plan shall include, with respect to the most recent plan year ending before such advertisement is disseminated, a verbal and visual disclosure (to the extent possible) of-- ``(A) the number of requests for prior authorization that were den