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S. 1717 119th Congress Senate

Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure prompt coverage of breakthrough devices under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 12, 2025 Introduced by: Todd Young Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
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May 12, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 12, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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 Lobbying activity 124

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC
    for NOVOCURE INC. · New Hampshire · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • MEDTRONIC, INC.
    for MEDTRONIC INC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • AVENUE SOLUTIONS
    for SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. · Pennsylvania · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • AVENUE SOLUTIONS
    for EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.
    for JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES INC · New Jersey · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • HEARTFLOW, INC.
    for HEARTFLOW, INC. · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1717: Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1717/
MLA
"S. 1717: Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1717/.
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S. 1717, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1717/.
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[S. 1717: Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1717/)
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