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Veterans Medicare Premium Transparency Act
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Medicare & You handbook to provide information on the impacts of enrollment in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs on Medicare premiums, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Requires the Medicare & You handbook to include an explanation of how enrollment in the VA patient enrollment system affects Medicare Part B and Part D monthly premiums.
- Clarifies that months enrolled in the VA patient enrollment system count toward determining Medicare Part B monthly premiums and that VA enrollment qualifies as creditable prescription drug coverage.
- Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to post this information on Medicare.gov and other HHS websites.
- Requires the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs to report to Congress on updates made to publications and the number of veterans paying increased premiums who were enrolled in the VA system.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
- Rep. Bean, Aaron [R-FL-4] (R-FL)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Roger Williams’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $31,350
- DOUBLE EAGLE $16,000
- PIERSON & PATTERSON $13,200
- LENDERS & MEMBERS SERVICE GROUP $13,200
- LUTHER KING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $11,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Roger Williams → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jul 30, 2026 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Veterans' Affairs, 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. · house
- Jul 30, 2026 Introduced in House
Text versions (1)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 30, 2026
Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself and Mr. Bean of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Veterans’ Affairs, 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 the Medicare & You handbook to provide information on the impacts of enrollment in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs on Medicare premiums, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Medicare Premium Transparency Act”.
SEC. 2. EXPLANATION OF MEDICARE BENEFITS FOR VETERANS.
(a) Explanation of Medicare Benefits in Annual Notice.—Section 1804 of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b-2) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(e) A notice provided under subsection (a) on or after the date of enactment of the Veterans Medicare Premium Transparency Act shall include an explanation of how enrollment in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs established and operated under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code, impacts the calculation of the monthly premium of an individual enrolled under part B and the monthly premium for a prescription drug plan under part D, including a clear explanation that—
“(1) months for which an individual is enrolled in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs established and operated under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code, shall be taken into account for the purposes of determining the monthly premium of such individual under section 1839(b); and
“(2) enrollment in such patient enrollment system is creditable prescription drug coverage under section 1860D- 13(b).”.
(b) Notice of Medicare Benefits Online.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make available on the Medicare.gov internet website (or a successor website) and any other website of the Department of Health and Human Services, as determined relevant by the Secretary, the information described in subsection (e) of section 1804 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b-2), as amended by this section.
(c) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to Congress a report that includes—
(1) a summary of the updates made to publications of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to subsection
(e) of section 1804 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b-2), as amended by this section, and subsection (b); and
(2) an estimate of the number of veterans who—
(A) were paying an increased monthly premium under section 1839(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(b)) as of the date of enactment of this Act; and
(B) were at any point enrolled in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs established and operated under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code. <all>
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