Wait times at armed forces health care must be posted online.
H.R. 9864 — Reducing Military Health Care Wait Times Act · Filed by Joe Neguse (D-CO) · Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Department of Defense to post wait time facts online. It must do this once a year. It must show how many days pass between booking and going to a clinic. It must show what percent of referrals happen within one work day. Service members, troops who left, and their relatives can see how fast care works.
Who it affects
Service members, troops who left, and their relatives see wait times and referral speed. Congress gets facts to check how well TRICARE works. Armed forces clinics must collect and share this data.
One thing to notice
When wait times are posted online, armed forces clinics may need to work faster. They may also change how they plan schedules.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jul 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- TRICARE — The health insurance program for armed forces members, troops who left, and their relatives.
- referral — When one doctor sends a patient to see a different doctor or expert.
- Department of Defense — The part of the government that runs the armed forces.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,132 characters) on Jul 30, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 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 2026-09-23.
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