FORCE Act of 2025
Congress proposes letting some first responders buy into Medicare starting at age 57
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Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Lets certain first responders sign up for Medicare starting at age 57 instead of waiting until 65.
- To qualify, a person must be ages 57–64 and have at least 10 years of work in specific first responder jobs.
- People who enroll would get regular Medicare protections and choices, including hospital and doctor coverage and options for drug coverage or Medicare Advantage.
- Enrollees would pay monthly premiums similar to what they’d pay under regular Medicare, and the bill sets up a trust fund to collect those premiums.
- It also aims to make Medicare supplemental plans easier to get for these first responders, and it blocks states from moving Medicaid people into this new Medicare option.
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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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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
FORCE Act of 2025
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