House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion of Medicare coverage for hearing aids and examinations therefor, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Debbie Dingell D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 16, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 500.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H222):The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 500, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/500
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
32 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 30 Democrats
2 of 32 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), James Clyburn (D-SC), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), John Larson (D-CT), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Mike Thompson (D-CA) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell.
- H.R. 2290 (119th) World War II Women's Memorial Location Act
- H.R. 3276 (119th) Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026
- H.R. 1917 (119th) Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
- H.R. 3858 (119th) Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2025
- H.R. 3184 (119th) PFAS Alternatives Act
- H.R. 929 (119th) Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.