H.R.1950 Protect Social Security and Medicare Act
Protects Social Security and Medicare from privatization and benefit cuts (119th Congress)
View on Congress.govLegal & Constitutional Grounding
MA privatization costs $83B/year more than traditional Medicare without better outcomes.
- CMS: 67M Medicare, 70M SS beneficiaries
- 42 U.S.C. § 401 and § 1395
Bill activity
Introduced Mar 6, 2025 by Mark Pocan (D-WI) with 2 original cosponsors. 8 cosponsors as of Apr 7, 2025.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Latest action Mar 6, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Sponsor Mark Pocan (D-WI)
8 cosponsors (2 original):
- Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) original
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL) original
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) Mar 10, 2025
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) Mar 26, 2025
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) Mar 26, 2025
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI) Mar 26, 2025
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN) Apr 7, 2025
- Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI) Apr 7, 2025
Still open as of Oct 28, 2026 (119th Congress): not yet reported by the House Rules Committee.
Activity log
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
2 original cosponsors on the day of introduction
- Lloyd Doggett D-TX, original
- Maxwell Frost D-FL, original
- Eleanor Holmes Norton cosponsored (D-DC)
3 members cosponsored
- Pramila Jayapal D-WA
- Rashida Tlaib D-MI
- Shri Thanedar D-MI
2 members cosponsored
- Ilhan Omar D-MN
- Jill N. Tokuda D-HI
Votes on this bill
No recorded votes yet on this measure.
Protects Social Security and Medicare from privatization and benefit cuts. Privatization proposals have documented risks of reducing benefits and increasing costs for the 67 million Medicare beneficiaries and 70 million Social Security recipients.