Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction Model undermines beneficiary access to health care and should not be implemented.
HRES 704 is a non-binding resolution expressing the House's opposition to the proposed "Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction Model" (WISeR) for traditional Medicare. It opposes expanding prior authorization requirements for Medicare services by 30% - requiring doctors to seek approval before treatment - using private companies with a history of incorrect denials and AI tools reported to have high error rates. The resolution states this would undermine beneficiary access to timely care, citing data showing prior authorization causes physician burnout and that Medicare Advantage denials are overturned 81.7% of the time. It urges CMS to terminate the model but does not change existing law.
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Introduced Sep 11, 2025
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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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Mark Pocan
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Adam Smith
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Bonnie Watson Coleman
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Debbie Dingell
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
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Emily Randall
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Greg Landsman
DDemocratic
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Ilhan Omar
DDemocratic
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Janice D. Schakowsky
DDemocratic
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Jonathan L. Jackson
DDemocratic
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