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.
The "Our Doctors First Act of 2026" would prohibit Medicare from paying for graduate medical education costs for medical residents and interns who are not U.S. citizens or nationals. The bill applies to both hospitals and non-hospital medical providers that receive Medicare funding for training doctors. Hospitals and providers that knowingly count non-citizen trainees in their cost reports would face escalating penalties starting one year after the law takes effect: a 25 percent penalty on related payments for the first violation, a $1 million penalty for the second violation, and exclusion from Medicare graduate medical education payments for 5 to 10 years for subsequent violations. The legislation does not authorize any new spending, as it would reduce existing Medicare payments rather than increase them.
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