HR 6218 · in committee · significant
HEAR Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- Medicare will cover hearing aids and hearing rehabilitation services for eligible beneficiaries.
- This affects Medicare recipients who need hearing aids, assessments, fittings, and instructional services.
- Coverage includes hearing aid assessments, fittings, and related instructional services under Medicare benefits.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would adding hearing aid coverage to Medicare affect total program spending, and which beneficiary groups would see the largest cost savings?
- 02
What evidence exists that covering hearing rehabilitation services leads to better health outcomes compared to hearing aid access alone?
- 03
How might this coverage change the market for hearing aids and the business model of audiologists and hearing aid manufacturers?
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Sponsor · D-CA-15
Kevin Mullin
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In Congress
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House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-11-20
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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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