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POSITIVE Healthcare 119th Congress

H.R.2045 Medicare Dental, Vision and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025

Expands Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing services for seniors (119th Congress)

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Legal & Constitutional Grounding

47% of Medicare beneficiaries lack dental coverage under current statutory exclusion.

42 U.S.C. § 1395y(a)(12) — Medicare statutory exclusion of dental services
  • KFF: 47% of Medicare beneficiaries (24M) lack dental coverage

Expands Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing services for seniors. 47% of Medicare beneficiaries (~24 million) lack dental coverage (KFF), and untreated oral health issues are linked to documented systemic health complications.