Restrict private insurers’ use of “Medicare” in plan names and ads

Pocan joined representatives Ro Khanna and Jan Schakowsky in reintroducing the Save Medicare Act. The bill would bar private insurers from using “Medicare” in plan titles or advertisements and impose significant fines for insurers that do so. The stated purpose is to address what the bill describes as deceptive practice.

Context: The passage describes a reintroduced bill, not an enacted law.

In their own words

prohibits private insurers from using “Medicare” in plan titles or advertisements

The source

Mark Pocan: official policy priorities

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Retrieved: 11/10/2026