Bill lets employers drop health coverage workers need
H.R. 9798 — Employer Health Plan Flexibility Act · Filed by Rick Allen (R-GA) · Introduced Jul 21, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill allows employers to stop covering ten required health benefits. These benefits include hospital stays, prescription drugs, mental health care, and maternity care. Employers must tell workers once a year which benefits they are not covering. Employers still have to follow other health rules like mental health parity.
Who it affects
Workers lose health coverage they depend on. They cannot pick a different plan. Workers and families pay more out of pocket for care.
One thing to notice
Workers in employer plans cannot shop for other coverage. The bill requires employers to tell workers what is not covered, but workers cannot get the coverage back.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jul 21, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 21, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- mental health parity — A rule that says mental health care must be covered the same way as physical health care
- health benefits — Types of health care that insurance covers, like hospital stays and prescription drugs
- maternity care — Medical care for pregnant women and newborn babies
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,634 characters) on Jul 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 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 2026-09-17.
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