,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ghjc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #d1 #bjbf,mr4 
,pocan 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1  
,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4         
,de,lauro1 ,mr4 ,deluzio1 ,mr4 ,doggett1
 ,mr4 ,frost1 ,mr4 ,goldman of ,new     
,york1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4
 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,landsman1  
,ms4 ,meng1 ,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,ms4  
,omar1 and ,ms4 ,tlaib7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on ,energy
 and ,commerce1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to rename the program under 
part ,c of title ,,xviii of the ,social 
,security ,act1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,save ,medicare ,act4  #b4      
,medicare ,advantage renamed  7a7 ,in   

general ,there is hereby established the
 ,alternative ,private ,health ,plan    
program4 ,the ,alternative ,private     
,health ,plan program shall consist of  
the program under part ,c of title      
,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#ba et seq474  7b7
 ,references ,notwithstanding section   
#bja of the ,medicare ,prescription     
,drug1 ,improvement1 and ,modernization 
,act of #bjjc 7,public ,law #ajh-agc7   
and subject to subsection 7c71 any      
reference to the program under part ,c  
of title ,,xviii of the ,social         
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#ba
 et seq47 shall be deemed a reference to
 the ,alternative ,private ,health ,plan
 program and1 with respect to such part1
 any reference to ,medicare,choice1     
,medicare ,advantage1 or ,,ma is deemed 
a reference to the ,alternative ,private
 ,health ,plan program4  7c7 ,transition
 ,in order to provide for an orderly    
transition and avoid beneficiary and    
provider confusion1 the ,secretary of   

,health and ,human ,services shall      
provide for an appropriate transition in
 the use of the terms ,medicare         
,advantage1 ,,ma1 and ,alternative      
,private ,health ,plan in reference to  
the program under part ,c of title      
,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#ba et seq474     
,such transition shall be fully         
completed for all materials for plan    
years beginning on or after ,october    
#ae1 #bjbc4 ,before the completion of   
such transition1 any reference to the   
,alternative ,private ,health ,plan     
program shall be deemed to include a    
reference to ,medicare,choice1 ,medicare
 ,advantage1 and ,,ma4  #c4 ,civil money
 penalty ,section #aabh;,a of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acbj;a-#g;a7 is amended by adding at   
the end the following3  7t7 7#a7 ,any   
entity that advertises a plan under part
 ,c of title ,,xviii of this ,act by    
using the term ,medicare in the title of
 the plan on or after the date of       

enactment of this ,act shall be subject 
to a civil money penalty of #ajj1jjj for
 each instance of the use of the term in
 a plan title4  7#b7 ,the provisions of 
subsections 7c71 7g71 and 7h7 shall     
apply to a civil money penalty under    
this subsection in the same manner as   
such provisions apply to a penalty1     
assessment1 or proceeding under         
subsection 7a74  4