S939-119

In Committee

Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Mar 11, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act of 2025.
  • Section id9b2b2a841abb44c8881ff159c09f1f3a: 2. Coverage of dental and oral health care Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)) is amended— in subparagraph (JJ), by adding...
  • Section idfddf097f89eb45dab815d595f399ab2c: 3. Providing coverage for hearing care under the Medicare program Section 1861(ll) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(ll)) is amended— in paragraph...
  • Section id616e968d97ab4f7e842d1e442c2af780: 4. Providing coverage for vision care under the Medicare program Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)), as amended by section...
  • Section idae77b85389f24bacbb80c69d1825956c: 5. Phase-in of impact of dental and oral health coverage on part B premiums Section 1839(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(a)) is amended— in the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Finance, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Finance Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 11, 2025

Mr. Sanders (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Booker, Mr. Welch, …

Mar 11, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mar 11, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Finance Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"hearing aid" §idfddf097f89eb45dab815d595f399ab2c

the item and related services including selection, fitting, adjustment, and patient education and training.(ii)Qualified hearing aid supplierThe term qualified hearing aid supplier means—(I)a qualified audiologist

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