S 1173 · in committee · significant
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- Private health insurers cannot limit benefits or networks in ways that disadvantage Medicare patients with end-stage renal disease.
- This affects dialysis patients who have both Medicare and private insurance coverage.
- Insurers retain flexibility to exclude specific dialysis providers from their networks.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would this bill affect dialysis patients who rely on both Medicare and private insurance to cover their treatment costs?
- 02
What trade-offs exist between preventing insurers from disadvantaging Medicare patients and allowing insurers to maintain selective provider networks?
- 03
Why does the bill target dialysis patients specifically rather than addressing benefit coordination issues across all chronic conditions?
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Sponsor · R-LA
Bill Cassidy
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In Congress
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Introduced 2025-03-27
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Legislative timeline
2025-03-27 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2025-03-27 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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