Bill > S2618

This bill would amend Medicare and Medicaid to provide coverage for dental, vision, and hearing services. Specifically, it would add these services as covered benefits under Medicare, with a phased-in approach to the coverage percentage over 8 years reaching 80%. It would also increase the federal Medicaid match rate to 90% for these services for adult Medicaid enrollees. The bill defines the specific dental, vision, and hearing services that would be covered, and includes limitations on frequency of coverage for certain services. The Secretary of Health and Human Services would have authority to apply additional reasonable limitations or modify the coverage as appropriate.