H.R. 2048 · 119th Congress

Ends disability benefit and Medicare waiting periods for metastatic breast cancer

Official title: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act1

Never got a floor voteSocial Security benefit levels

§1What it does

Why this matters: A plain-English description of the bill as it was voted on, written by us from the official summary and text.

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This bill would let people with metastatic breast cancer, meaning breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits without the usual five-month waiting period.2,3 It would also eliminate the additional 24-month wait for Medicare coverage that normally follows the start of those disability benefits.2

§2Status

StatusLatest action, March 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.1
IntroducedMarch 11, 2025
SponsorRep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]
Cosponsors271 cosponsors (192 Democratic, 79 Republican)
Official recordH.R. 2048 on Congress.gov

§3It never got a vote

Why this matters: This bill had wide support from both parties, but it never reached the House or Senate floor, so no member of Congress was ever recorded voting for or against it.

Latest action, March 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.1 How bills die without a vote.

2026 candidates who sponsored or cosponsored it (226)