HR 2902 · in committee · significant
SOAR Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- This bill changes how Medicare pays for supplemental oxygen and related equipment, supplies, and services.
- Medicare beneficiaries who need supplemental oxygen and respiratory therapist services are affected.
- Payments will be indexed to inflation, a template will be created for prescriptions, and beneficiaries gain supplier choice rights.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might indexing Medicare oxygen payments to inflation affect the current out-of-pocket costs for beneficiaries who depend on supplemental oxygen?
- 02
What trade-offs exist between standardizing oxygen prescriptions through a template and allowing doctors flexibility to customize treatment for individual patient needs?
- 03
How could expanding supplier choice rights change competition and pricing in the supplemental oxygen market compared to current Medicare payment practices?
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Sponsor · R-CA-22
David G. Valadao
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
47/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-04-10
Joining the bill
Julia Brownley
D-CA-26 · original
Gabe Evans
R-CO-8 · original
Adrian Smith
R-NE-3 · original
Gabe Vasquez
D-NM-2
Chrissy Houlahan
D-PA-6
Steve Cohen
D-TN-9
Michael Lawler
R-NY-17
Juan Ciscomani
R-AZ-6
Donald G. Davis
D-NC-1
Debbie Dingell
D-MI-6
Marilyn Strickland
D-WA-10
Jill N. Tokuda
D-HI-2
+ 35 more
Legislative timeline
2025-04-10 · 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.
2025-04-10 · 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.
2025-04-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-04-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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