HR 6951 · in committee · significant
Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- This bill prevents states from recovering Medicaid costs by seizing the estates of deceased beneficiaries.
- It affects state Medicaid programs and families of people who received Medicaid benefits.
- States must remove existing property liens within 90 days and notify affected individuals.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would removing state Medicaid estate recovery affect the financial sustainability of state Medicaid programs that currently rely on these recoveries?
- 02
What trade-offs exist between helping families keep inherited property and ensuring Medicaid funds are repaid to states?
- 03
Which groups—elderly beneficiaries, their heirs, or state budgets—would experience the most significant impact if this bill becomes law?
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Sponsor · D-IL-9
Janice D. Schakowsky
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
22/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2026-01-06
Joining the bill

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
D-FL-25 · original

Kathy Castor
D-FL-14 · original

Steve Cohen
D-TN-9 · original

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
D-FL-20 · original

Lloyd Doggett
D-TX-37 · original

Sylvia R. Garcia
D-TX-29 · original

Daniel S. Goldman
D-NY-10 · original

Robin L. Kelly
D-IL-2 · original

Doris O. Matsui
D-CA-7 · original

Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC · original

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
D-NY-14 · original

Ilhan Omar
D-MN-5 · original
+ 10 more
Legislative timeline
2026-01-06 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2026-01-06 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2026-01-06 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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