Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025
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What this bill does
Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of dental, vision, and hearing care. Coverage includes (1) routine dental cleanings and exams, basic and major dental services, emergency dental care, and dentures; (2) routine eye exams, eyeglasses, and contact lenses; and (3) routine hearing exams, hearing aids, and exams for hearing aids. With respect to such care, the bill establishes special payment rules, limitations, and coinsurance requirements.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - TX District 37 · D-TX
130 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - NC District 12 · D-NC
U.S. Representative - AZ District 3 · D-AZ
U.S. Representative - VT · D-VT
U.S. Representative - CA District 44 · D-CA
U.S. Representative - OH District 3 · D-OH
U.S. Representative - VA District 8 · D-VA
U.S. Representative - GA District 2 · D-GA
U.S. Representative - OR-1 · D-OR
U.S. Representative - Pennsylvania District 13 · D-PA
U.S. Representative - IN District 7 · D-IN
U.S. Representative - LA District 2 · D-LA
U.S. Representative - TX District 35 · D-TX
+ 118 more cosponsors
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 2045 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | 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. |
| Policy Area | Health |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | March 11, 2025 |
| Latest Action | March 11, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 130 · House vote — · — views |