GUARD Veterans’ Health Care Act
Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 8
- Latest action
- Dec 3, 2025
What it does
The GUARD Veterans’ Health Care Act would require Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription drug plans to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care services provided to veterans enrolled in those plans, regardless of administrative requirements the plans might impose. It also modifies the federal government’s authority to recover reasonable charges from third parties for care furnished to veterans with non-service-connected disabilities, including establishing timelines for payment, interest on unpaid claims, civil penalties for noncompliance, and restrictions on third parties distributing settlement proceeds without satisfying VA claims. Amounts recovered would be…
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Where it stands
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Who is involved
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Where it goes next
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