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H.R. 500 119th Congress House

Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025

Official title: 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.

Introduced: January 16, 2025 Introduced by: Debbie Dingell Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
Health Congressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsHealth technology, devices, suppliesHearing, speech, and vision care
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Medical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicare
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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.
Jan 16, 2025
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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.

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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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 500: Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-500/
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"H.R. 500: Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-500/.
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H.R. 500, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-500/.
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