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S. 3386 · Health
Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025
Introduced Dec 8, 2025 · Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 643. (CR S8654)
Amendments adopted
Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME)

Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK)

What does this mean?

If you buy a low-coverage "bronze" or "catastrophic" health plan through the ACA marketplace (the government website where people without job-based insurance shop for coverage) and make up to 700% of the poverty line, the government would deposit $1,000-$1,500 a year into your health savings account (a tax-advantaged account you use to pay medical bills) starting in 2026. Starting in 2027, people with mid-level "silver" plans and lower incomes would get help with out-of-pocket costs, and anyone—not just people under 30—could choose a bare-bones catastrophic plan. Separately, states that use their own money to give health coverage to immigrants without legal status would get less federal funding for their Medicaid expansion population (the low-income adults states cover beyond Medicaid's traditional rules), and states would no longer be required to keep covering people through Medicaid or CHIP (health coverage for low-income children) while their immigration status is still being checked. Finally, marketplace plans, Medicaid, and CHIP would be barred from covering gender-transition medical procedures using federal funds.

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Bill Lifecycle
Real action history from Congress.gov — where this bill is in the process, and every recorded step along the way.
Introduced in Senate
Dec 8, 2025
Full action history (8)
Dec 8, 2025Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 285.
Dec 8, 2025Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (Legislative Day December 4, 2025).
Dec 8, 2025Introduced in Senate
Dec 9, 2025Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
Dec 9, 2025Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S8567)
Dec 9, 2025Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S8567)
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