HR 6199 · in committee · significant
Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- Medicare will cover medical nutrition therapy for more conditions including obesity, cancer, and HIV/AIDS.
- Medicare beneficiaries with these conditions and healthcare providers like physician assistants and nurse practitioners are affected.
- The bill expands existing coverage without specified cost estimates or implementation timeline.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might expanding Medicare coverage for medical nutrition therapy affect total program costs, and what evidence suggests nutrition intervention reduces spending on other treatments?
- 02
Which healthcare providers beyond physicians—such as registered dietitians or nutritionists—should be eligible to deliver these services under the expanded coverage?
- 03
What implementation challenges might arise in ensuring Medicare beneficiaries with obesity, cancer, and HIV/AIDS can access nutrition therapy within existing healthcare infrastructure?
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Sponsor · D-IL-2
Robin L. Kelly
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
17/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-11-20
Joining the bill
Nanette Diaz Barragán
D-CA-44 · original
Sean Casten
D-IL-6 · original
Jennifer A. Kiggans
R-VA-2 · original
Ted Lieu
D-CA-36 · original
Carol D. Miller
R-WV-1 · original
Terri A. Sewell
D-AL-7 · original
Rashida Tlaib
D-MI-12 · original
Marc A. Veasey
D-TX-33 · original
Sharice Davids
D-KS-3
Kristen McDonald Rivet
D-MI-8
Ed Case
D-HI-1
Jefferson Van Drew
D-NJ-2
+ 5 more
Legislative timeline
2025-11-20 · 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.
2025-11-20 · 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.
2025-11-20 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-11-20 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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