Congress·In Committee·H.R. 3007

Medicare Protection Act of 2025

Medicare: Home Sale Profit Exclusion from Premiums

Apr 24, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Next up: A house committeeNo action in 16 months

The Medicare Protection Act of 2025 is currently assigned to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means. This bill has not moved since April 2025. It remains stalled because no action has been taken by these committees since that time.

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Unlikely to pass

While it helps seniors, the bill was introduced by a single member and has not yet gained broad bipartisan support or committee movement.

Key Points

This bill changes how Medicare calculates monthly premiums for seniors. Currently, if a person sells their main home for a large profit, that money counts as income and can trigger much higher monthly Medicare costs for a year.
Under this plan, the money earned from selling a primary residence would be ignored when the government decides if someone needs to pay extra for Medicare Part B or Part D. This would prevent a one-time financial gain from causing a long-term increase in healthcare costs.
Seniors would only be allowed to use this specific tax break one time. This ensures the rule helps people who are downsizing or moving into assisted living rather than those who flip houses for a living.
The change would apply to Medicare payments starting in 2025. It aims to protect retirees from unexpected bills during the year after they sell their family home.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Apr 24, 2025House

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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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Apr 24, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

No votes, news coverage, or related bills recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Medicare Protection Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 3007

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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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