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S 2084 · in committee · major

Medicare and Medicaid Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill adds dental, vision, and hearing coverage to Medicare, including exams, treatments, devices, and emergency care.
  • Medicare beneficiaries and Medicaid recipients gain access to these services with defined coinsurance and payment limits.
  • The federal government increases its Medicaid matching rate for these services; Medicare establishes new payment and coverage rules.

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    How would expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing services affect the program's long-term solvency and beneficiary premiums?

  2. 02

    Which groups of older adults or low-income individuals would benefit most from these newly covered services, and who might face access barriers?

  3. 03

    What trade-offs exist between increasing federal Medicaid matching rates for these services and funding other healthcare priorities?

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Angela D. Alsobrooks

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Introduced 2025-06-12

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-06-12 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  2. 2025-06-12 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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