Bill restores health insurance help for foreign-born people
H.R. 10692 — Restoring Essential Plan Coverage Act · Filed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) · 18 cosponsors · Introduced Oct 1, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill gives back money to help foreign-born people pay for health insurance. A 2025 law took away this help. The bill lets foreign-born people get the help if their income is at or below the poverty line. They cannot get Medicaid because of their status. States can raise the income limit in their Basic Health Program. The limit goes from 200% to 250% of the poverty line.
Who it affects
Foreign-born people and low-income people get help paying for health insurance again. States can choose to cover more people in their health programs.
One thing to notice
The bill restores help that a 2025 law removed. It also creates a new way for some foreign-born people to get help.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
18 cosponsors: 18 Democrats.
- Oct 1, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 1, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and House Committee on Ways and Means · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Medicaid — A government program that pays for health care for low-income people.
- poverty line — The income level the government sets as the lowest amount needed to live.
- Basic Health Program — A state health program that covers people who earn too much for Medicaid but not enough for insurance.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,061 characters) on Oct 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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