S. 3816 119th Congress Senate

Repair Abuses of MSP Payments (RAMP) Act

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit a private cause of action for damages in the case of a group health plan which fails to provid… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit a private cause of action for damages in the case of a group health plan which fails to provide for primary payment or appropriate reimbursement.

Introduced: February 10, 2026 Introduced by: Tim Scott Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Feb 10, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Sep 28, 2010	Senate · vote #242	On the Cloture Motion S. 3816	Rejected	53–45	See who voted →

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Repair Abuses of MSP Payments (RAMP) Act

This bill restricts the private right of action against insurance plans that do not provide appropriate primary payment in cases in which Medicare is a secondary payer.

Current law allows for a private right of action against primary plans that do not provide appropriate primary payment in cases in which Medicare is a secondary payer; this provision applies to group health plans, workers' compensation plans, automobile or liability insurance plans, and no-fault insurance plans. The bill limits this provision to group health plans.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Finance Committee
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Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

KING & SPALDING LLP
for MARC COALITION · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
KING & SPALDING LLP
for MARC COALITION · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
KING & SPALDING LLP
for MARC COALITION · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

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Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Cosponsors 1

Hassan, Margaret Wood

New Hampshire · Feb 10, 2026

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3816: Repair Abuses of MSP Payments (RAMP) Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3816/

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"S. 3816: Repair Abuses of MSP Payments (RAMP) Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3816/.

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S. 3816, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3816/.

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