HR 2433 · introduced · significant
Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- Medicare must base coverage decisions and prior authorization requirements on written clinical criteria developed with physician input.
- Medicare beneficiaries and healthcare providers are affected by changes to coverage decision procedures.
- The bill establishes requirements for how Medicare makes decisions but does not specify implementation costs or timelines.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would requiring Medicare to base coverage decisions on written clinical criteria change wait times for beneficiaries seeking specific treatments?
- 02
What role should physicians play in developing the clinical criteria that Medicare uses to approve or deny coverage for medical procedures?
- 03
What are the potential trade-offs between standardizing Medicare's coverage criteria and allowing flexibility for individual patient circumstances?
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Sponsor · R-TN-7
Mark E. Green
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
16/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2026-02-04
Joining the bill
Mike Kennedy
R-UT-3 · original
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
R-IA-1 · original
Richard McCormick
R-GA-7 · original
Kim Schrier
D-WA-8 · original
Tim Burchett
R-TN-2 · original
Andy Harris
R-MD-1 · original
Gregory F. Murphy
R-NC-3 · original
John Joyce
R-PA-13 · original
Brian Babin
R-TX-36 · original
Pat Harrigan
R-NC-10
Beth Van Duyne
R-TX-24
Brad Finstad
R-MN-1
+ 4 more
Legislative timeline
2026-02-04 · house · Floor
ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Murphy asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 2433, a bill originally introduced by Representative Green (TN), for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
2025-03-27 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-03-27 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-03-27 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-27 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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