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S939Referred to Committee

Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-03-11
Introduced
8
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

Bernard Sanders
Bernard Sanders
Independent · VT · Senator

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (8)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)Original· 2025-03-11
  • Edward J. Markey (D-MA)Original· 2025-03-11
  • Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)Original· 2025-03-11
  • Jeff Merkley (D-OR)Original· 2025-03-11
  • Peter Welch (D-VT)Original· 2025-03-11
  • Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)Original· 2025-03-11
  • Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)Original· 2025-03-11
  • Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)· 2025-12-08

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

2025-03-11

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on FinanceReferred To · 2025-03-11

Previously

  • Finance CommitteeReferred To · 2025-03-11

Plain-English 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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Health
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