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Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act of 2025
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for dental and oral health care, hearing care, and vision care under the Medicare program.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act of 2025
This bill provides for coverage of dental, hearing, and vision care under Medicare.
Specifically, the bill provides for coverage of
- dental and oral health services, including cleanings, treatments, and dentures;
- hearing aids and related services, including aural rehabilitation services; and
- vision services, including routine eye exams and eyeglasses.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must set a fee schedule for dental and oral health services based on the national median fees for similar services, and it must phase in adjustments to premiums for Medicare medical services to account for coverage of dental and oral health services over a three-year period beginning in 2028. Payment to providers of hearing aid services must be made on an assignment-related basis; payment to providers of vision services must be made under the physician fee schedule.
The bill provides funds for FY2025 for the CMS to implement the bill's changes.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Mar 11, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Mar 11, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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