HR 1096 · in committee · significant
HOPE and Mental Wellbeing Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- Medicare and Medicaid will cover three primary care visits per year with no copays or deductibles.
- This affects Medicare beneficiaries and Medicaid enrollees seeking routine medical care.
- The program eliminates cost-sharing for these visits to improve access to preventive healthcare.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might eliminating copays for three annual primary care visits affect Medicare and Medicaid program costs compared to potential savings from preventive care?
- 02
Which populations currently skip primary care due to cost barriers, and would three free visits annually be sufficient to change their healthcare-seeking behavior?
- 03
What evidence exists that removing copay requirements for routine visits leads to better health outcomes or reduced emergency department usage?
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Sponsor · D-OR-6
Andrea Salinas
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
7/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-06
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-06 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2025-02-06 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2025-02-06 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-06 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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