# 119-s-2084: Medicare and Medicaid Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025

119-s-2084, Medicare and Medicaid Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2084
- Congress: 119
- Title: Medicare and Medicaid Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-12
- Sponsor: Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Adds dental, vision, and hearing coverage to Medicare and boosts Medicaid matching for those services.** It would make routine exams, eyeglasses and contact lenses, hearing aids, and dental care part of covered benefits with limits and new payment rules. - Seniors and Medicare enrollees: Would gain coverage for routine dental cleanings and exams, basic and major dental care, emergency dental care, dentures, eye exams, glasses, contact lenses, hearing exams, and hearing aids. Routine dental visits are generally limited to two per year and hearing aids are limited to one per ear every 48 months. - States and Medicaid enrollees: States would receive a 90% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for adult dental, vision, and hearing services, reducing state costs for those benefits. - Payment and program rules: Medicare payment rates would phase in to 80% over eight years using the physician fee schedule as the payment basis. The Health Secretary could impose utilization controls such as prior authorization and set minimum hearing loss criteria for hearing aid coverage.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Federal pays 90% for adult Medicaid: benefit, high. If enacted, the federal government would pay 90% of state Medicaid costs for the newly covered adult dental, vision, and hearing services. The 90% match would apply to services furnished on or after January 1 of the first calendar year that begins at least six months after enactment. It would not a…
- Medicaid adds dental, vision, hearing: benefit, high. If enacted, Medicaid would explicitly cover adult dental, vision, and hearing services. This change would apply to services given on or after January 1 of the first calendar year that begins at least six months after enactment. The bill lists specific service definitions that apply. This would expa…
- New Medicare dental, dentures coverage: benefit, high. If enacted, Medicare would cover many dental services and dentures starting for services given on or after January 1 of the first calendar year that begins at least six months after enactment. Medicare payments would phase in starting six months after enactment: 0% the first year, then rise by 10 p…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-4540: Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act

## Sources
- [119-s-2084 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2084)

## Related
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-4540: Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4540)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2084 (as of 2025-12-21).