Improving Medicare Services Act of 2026
This bill directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study on the 1-800-MEDICARE hotline within one year of enactment. The study will examine customer wait times, satisfaction levels, staffing competency, contractor performance, and any changes in service quality since previous reports. It also requires the report to include recommendations for improving the hotline and describe actions taken in response to past recommendations. The bill affects Medicare beneficiaries who use the hotline and the contractors and government officials responsible for managing it.
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Introduced Apr 9, 2026
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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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Apr 9, 2026
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