Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction Model undermines beneficiary access to health care and should not be implemented.
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Latest Action · September 11, 2025
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.
This resolution expresses the House of Representatives' disapproval of a new Medicare program called the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model, scheduled to begin on January 1, 2026. The program would expand "prior authorization" requirements—a process where patients or doctors must get approval from insurance companies before receiving certain medical services—by 30 percent in traditional Medicare, using private insurance companies and artificial intelligence technology to process these approvals. The resolution argues that this expansion would harm Medicare beneficiaries by creating obstacles to necessary care, citing evidence that 89 percent of physicians report prior authorization contributes to burnout and that private companies targeted for the program have high error rates in their approval decisions. The resolution strongly requests that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services cancel the WISeR Model entirely. This is a non-binding resolution expressing the sense of Congress rather than legislation that would change law, and it was introduced by a group of House Democrats in September 2025.
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