HR 4231 · in committee · significant
Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- Medicare will cover obesity treatment from more types of healthcare providers, not just primary care doctors.
- Medicare beneficiaries seeking intensive behavioral therapy or weight-loss drugs will have broader access to covered treatments.
- The bill expands existing Medicare benefits with no specified cost or sunset date.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might expanding Medicare coverage for obesity treatment to multiple provider types affect wait times and access for seniors in rural versus urban areas?
- 02
What evidence supports that intensive behavioral therapy and weight-loss drugs reduce long-term health complications enough to justify the uncapped costs to Medicare?
- 03
Which healthcare providers would newly qualify to deliver obesity treatment under this bill, and how would Medicare ensure consistent quality across different provider types?
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Sponsor · R-PA-16
Mike Kelly
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
77/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-06-27
Joining the bill
Raul Ruiz
D-CA-25 · original
Rashida Tlaib
D-MI-12 · original
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
R-PA-1 · original
Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC · original
Jimmy Panetta
D-CA-19 · original
David Schweikert
R-AZ-1 · original
Brendan F. Boyle
D-PA-2 · original
Steve Cohen
D-TN-9 · original
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
R-IA-1 · original
Mike Carey
R-OH-15 · original
Gwen Moore
D-WI-4 · original
Shri Thanedar
D-MI-13 · original
+ 65 more
Legislative timeline
2025-06-27 · 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.
2025-06-27 · 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.
2025-06-27 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-06-27 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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