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HR 4074 · in committee · significant

Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • Requires Medicare and Medicaid to cover prenatal and postpartum pelvic health services.
  • Affects postpartum women enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP, plus healthcare providers.
  • Mandates GAO study of coverage gaps and CDC education efforts with no specified appropriation.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How might requiring Medicare and Medicaid coverage of postpartum pelvic health services affect wait times and provider availability in underserved rural areas?

  2. 02

    What specific gaps in current pelvic health coverage does the GAO study need to identify to determine whether a federal mandate is the most cost-effective solution?

  3. 03

    Who would bear the costs if states must expand Medicaid coverage for these services, and how might that influence their participation in CHIP?

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Sponsor · R-NE-2

Don Bacon

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Introduced 2025-06-23

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-06-23 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

  2. 2025-06-23 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-06-23 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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