HR 2045 · in committee · major

Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025

What this bill does

This bill expands Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing care including exams, treatments, aids, and devices.
Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older would gain access to these previously uncovered health services.
The bill establishes payment rules and coinsurance requirements; implementation timeline and federal costs not specified.

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Community Threads

Started by Cosponsor

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How would adding dental, vision, and hearing coverage affect Medicare's overall costs and beneficiary premiums compared to current out-of-pocket spending?
02
What payment rates and coinsurance amounts would make these services accessible to lower-income seniors while remaining financially sustainable for Medicare?
03
Which evidence from other countries or insurance programs suggests that covering these services improves health outcomes for older adults?

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Sponsor · D-TX-37

Lloyd Doggett

Citizen cosponsors

In Congress

130/ 435

House Reps cosponsoring

Introduced 2025-03-11

Joining the bill

+ 118 more

Legislative timeline

2025-03-11 · 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.
2025-03-11 · 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.
2025-03-11 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-11 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

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