Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025
Latest action · Jan 16, 2025 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025
This bill allows for Medicare coverage of hearing aids and related examinations.
The Government Accountability Office must study programs that provide assistance for hearing aids and related examinations for individuals with hearing loss.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2025 to Aug 3, 2026; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jan 21, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jan 23, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jan 8, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Aug 3, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 16, 2025 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 16, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 16, 2025Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 9, January 16, 2025, page H222.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion of Medicare coverage for hearing aids and examinations therefor, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
