Medicare & Medicaid Expansion: Dental, Vision, Hearing Benefits
This act expands Medicare and Medicaid benefits to include dental, vision, and hearing services. This means individuals covered by these programs will have access to a wider range of healthcare, potentially reducing their out-of-pocket expenses for these services. Coverage will gradually increase over eight years, reaching 80% after this period.
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Medicare and Medicaid will begin covering routine dental cleanings, fillings, crowns, root canals, extractions, and emergency dental care.
These programs will also cover routine eye exams, eyeglasses, contact lenses, and low vision devices.
Insured individuals will gain access to routine hearing exams, hearing aids, and other necessary hearing health services.
Initially, coverage will be 0%, increasing by 10% annually for seven years, reaching 80% in the eighth year and beyond.
Frequency limits are introduced for some services, e.g., two dental cleanings and exams per year, one pair of eyeglasses per year, one hearing aid per ear every four years.
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