HR 1433 · in committee · significant
Kids’ Access to Primary Care Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- This bill requires Medicaid to pay primary care doctors at rates no lower than Medicare rates.
- The change affects children enrolled in Medicaid and primary care providers including obstetricians.
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must study enrollment and payment rates after the bill takes effect.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might equalizing Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement rates affect the supply of primary care doctors willing to treat Medicaid-enrolled children?
- 02
What trade-offs exist between increasing Medicaid payment rates to doctors and potential impacts on program funding or other covered services?
- 03
What specific metrics should the CMS study use to determine whether higher Medicaid rates actually improve children's access to primary care?
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Sponsor · D-WA-8
Kim Schrier
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
11/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-18
Joining the bill

Paul Tonko
D-NY-20 · original

Steve Cohen
D-TN-9 · original

Donald G. Davis
D-NC-1 · original

Suzan K. DelBene
D-WA-1 · original

Brian K. Fitzpatrick
R-PA-1 · original

Grace Meng
D-NY-6 · original

Seth Magaziner
D-RI-2 · original

Marilyn Strickland
D-WA-10 · original

Terri A. Sewell
D-AL-7 · original

Kathy Castor
D-FL-14 · original

Melanie A. Stansbury
D-NM-1
Legislative timeline
2025-02-18 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2025-02-18 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-18 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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