S. 5496 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Sep 24, 2026
119th Congress
2nd SessionS. 5496
2nd SessionS. 5496
A BILL
Health CARE Act of 2026
In the SenateNo vote yet
Sponsor: Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) · Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Sep 24, 2026: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.”
Sections
Sections · 1
Title I — Restoring health care and lowering costs · 3
Title II — Pathway to universal coverage · 6
Title III — Strengthening Medicaid · 2
Title IV — Lowering drug costs · 4
- Sec. 401Expanding Medicare Drug price negotiationNo change
- Sec. 402Application of prescription drug inflation rebates to drugs furnished in the commercial marketNo change
- Sec. 403Establishing an out-of-pocket limit on expenditures for prescription drugs under group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverageNo change
- Sec. 404Requirements with respect to cost-sharing for insulin productsNo change
Title V — Ensuring quality health insurance and removing barriers to care · 4
- Sec. 501Required exceptions process for medication step therapy protocolsNo change
- Sec. 502Establishing requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plansNo change
- Sec. 503Special enrollment period for provider terminationsNo change
- Sec. 504Providing coverage for hearing care under the Medicare programNo change
Title VI — Lowering the cost of care · 12
- Sec. 601Strengthening hospital price transparencyNo change
- Sec. 602Clinical diagnostic laboratory price transparencyNo change
- Sec. 603Imaging services price transparencyNo change
- Sec. 604Ambulatory surgical center price transparencyNo change
- Sec. 605Strengthening health coverage transparency requirementsNo change
- Sec. 606Increasing group health plan access to health dataNo change
- Sec. 607Oversight of administrative service providersNo change
- Sec. 608State preemption only in event of conflictNo change
- Sec. 609Requirement for explanation of benefitsNo change
- Sec. 610Transparency in billingNo change
- Sec. 611Technical amendmentsNo change
- Sec. 612Implementation and enforcement fundingNo change