Requires Medicare spending and enrollment data to be publicly available online.
This bill would make detailed information about Medicare spending and enrollment publicly available online, starting in 2027. It would require the government to publish this data in easy-to-use files, broken down by local areas and different types of beneficiaries. This means anyone could see how Medicare money is spent across the country, helping policymakers and the public better understand the program.
Today, the government publishes reports on Medicare operations, but this information isn't always available on the CMS public website in machine-readable files, nor is it broken down by county, metropolitan area, or many specific beneficiary categories. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) and the Medicare Trust Funds do not currently provide the specific comparative analyses or detailed data required by this bill. If this bill becomes law, starting in 2027, the Department of Health and Human Services would publish extensive, granular Medicare spending and enrollment data on the CMS public website in machine-readable files. This data would be broken down by geographic area and 35 specific beneficiary categories. Additionally, MEDPAC would conduct and publish a detailed comparison of Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare spending, and the Medicare Trust Funds would include more detailed expenditure information in their annual reports.
S 3848 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 5/10
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