Medicare Premiums Reduction Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9709 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9709

     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust the
   applicability of the income related monthly adjustment amount to
                   premiums under part B of Medicare.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2026

  Mr. Kean (for himself and Mrs. Kim) introduced the following bill;
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in
    addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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

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                                 A BILL

     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust the
   applicability of the income related monthly adjustment amount to
                   premiums under part B of Medicare.

    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 ``Medicare Premiums Reduction Act of
2026''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTING THE APPLICABILITY OF THE INCOME RELATED MONTHLY
              ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT TO PREMIUMS UNDER PART B OF MEDICARE.

    Section 1839(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(i)) is
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``beginning with 2018'' and
                inserting ``for 2018 through 2026''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, or, beginning with 2027,
                $171,000'' after ``$85,000''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(C)--
                    (A) in clause (i)--
                            (i) in subclause (III), by striking ``years
                        beginning with 2019'' and inserting ``2019
                        through 2026''; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following new
                        subclause:
                                    ``(IV) Subject to paragraph (5),
                                for years beginning with 2027:

``If the modified adjusted gross income is:.......        The applicable
                                                          percentage is:
More than $171,000 but not more than $205,000.....            65 percent
More than $205,000 but less than $500,000.........            80 percent
At least $500,000.................................        85 percent.'';

                        and
                    (B) in clause (ii)--
                            (i) by striking ``the table under subclause
                        (III) of such clause'' and inserting ``the
                        tables under subclauses (III) and (IV) of such
                        clause''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``each'' after ``the
                        second to last row of''.
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