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S. 2836 119th Congress Senate

POP Act

Official title: A bill to prohibit health insurance issuers and certain health care providers under Medicare from being under common ownership, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 17, 2025 Introduced by: Jeff Merkley Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Sep 17, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 17, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2836: POP Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2836/
MLA
"S. 2836: POP Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2836/.
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S. 2836, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2836/.
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[S. 2836: POP Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2836/)
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