Social Security and Medicare

Medicare Advantage

19 public statements from 2026 candidates · 4 related bills

§1The range of views

Why this matters: The rules affect what choices and care people on Medicare get, and how much Medicare costs taxpayers.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

The option for people on Medicare to get their coverage through private insurance plans that Medicare pays a set amount each month; most offer extra benefits such as vision, hearing and dental care, and plans can require using their network of doctors and getting approval before some care.1

  1. Expand Medicare Advantage and encourage more private plan options
  2. Keep current rules
  3. Tighten rules on what these plans are paid and when they can require approval for care

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Expand Medicare Advantage and encourage more private plan options (1)

  • Mike Bost IL-12
    His campaign website says he wants to encourage more competition in Medicare by expanding, not shrinking, the Medicare Advantage program.2

Tighten rules on what these plans are paid and when they can require approval for care (11)

  • Amanda N. Pusczek AL-4
    Her campaign website says she would ban private insurers and Medicare Advantage plans from using automated AI systems to deny coverage, and would require a licensed independent physician to review any denial of prescribed medication or adaptive equipment within 24 hours.3
  • Ro Khanna CA-17
    His campaign website says he introduced a bill to bar Medicare Advantage insurers from using the word Medicare in plan names and ads, and proposes cracking down on overbilling by those plans, such as upcoding.4,5
  • Michael Bridgford IA-1
    His campaign website says he will fight to correct what it describes as overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans compared with traditional Medicare.6
  • Kaylee Peterson ID-1
    Her campaign website says she will crack down on corporate Medicare Advantage plans, forcing private insurers to guarantee comprehensive coverage.7
  • La Shawn K. Ford IL-7
    His campaign website says he will defend traditional Medicare, oppose efforts to make Medicare Advantage the default system, push for stronger oversight of Medicare Advantage plans and fight excessive overpayments to private insurers.8
  • Roger Marshall KS Senate
    His campaign website says he leads bills that would set 24- and 72-hour deadlines for prior-authorization decisions in Medicare Advantage and bar retroactive denials and automated denial algorithms.9
  • Adam Hamilton KS Senate
    His campaign website says he would address what it describes as overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans and change prior authorization rules so insurance paperwork cannot delay or deny care that doctors say patients need.10
  • Michelle Fischbach MN-7
    The record page lists co-sponsoring a bill setting requirements for how Medicare Advantage plans use prior authorization, in order to speed up patient care.11
  • Alani Bankhead MT Senate
    Her campaign website says she would rein in claim denials in Medicare Advantage and set deadlines and other limits on prior authorization.12
  • Seth Bodnar MT Senate
    His campaign website says he would crack down on misleading Medicare Advantage ads and prior-authorization delays.13
  • Annie Andrews SC Senate
    Her health care plan says she supports Medicare Advantage but would reform how its private plans are paid, saying they are being overpaid by $76 billion this year.14

Statements that don't match one option (7)

  • Ami Bera CA-3
    His campaign website says he fought to prevent cuts to Medicare Advantage and protect seniors from cost increases.15
  • Kimberly Overman FL-12
    Her campaign platform says she opposes efforts to privatize Medicare in ways that weaken patient choice or shift costs to seniors.16,17
  • Greg Steube FL-17
    His campaign website says he led oversight efforts that kept the Biden administration from taking apart Medicare Advantage infrastructure.18
  • Rick W. Allen GA-12
    An earlier issue page still on his campaign website says he was working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to make sure the Medicare Advantage program can continue with stable funding, and that he supported a bill to make sure seniors can keep their doctors.19
  • Michael Mebruer LA-6
    His campaign website says he supports moving Medicare toward a system in which seniors choose among competing private plans while keeping strong protections for beneficiaries.20
  • Sam Forstag MT-1
    His campaign website says Medicare should remain public and that he would end attempts to privatize it through Medicare Advantage.21
  • Donald Norcross NJ-1
    His campaign website says the Coalition for Medicare Choices named him a Medicare Advantage Champion and that he will continue those efforts for seniors' health care.22

§3Related bills

Why this matters: Bills from 2023–2026 that bear on this issue, with how Congress handled them.