Congress·In Committee·H.R. 6218

HEAR Act of 2025

House Bill Would Add Hearing Aids and Rehab Services to Medicare Coverage

Nov 20, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

StalledNext up: A house committeeNo action in 7 months

The HEAR Act of 2025 is currently in the House committee stage and has not moved since November 2025. The House committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means must act on the bill before it can move forward. Because no action has occurred in seven months, the bill is considered stalled.

Legislative Progress

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Key Points

Congress would add hearing aids and hearing rehab services to what Medicare can cover.
Coverage would include hearing tests and evaluations, choosing the right hearing aid, fitting and adjustments, and training or counseling to help you hear better.
The bill says Medicare-covered hearing aids would be devices that meet FDA marketing rules, but it would not cover over-the-counter hearing aids under this new benefit.
It sets a limit: Medicare generally would not cover a new set of hearing aids if you got one ear aid or two ear aids within the last 3 years, unless your hearing has gotten worse and a different type is needed.
If enacted, it would start after the law is signed, on a date picked by the Health Department—no earlier than January 1 of the next year and no later than January 1 of the third year.

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Nov 20, 2025House

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.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Nov 20, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

HEAR Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 6218

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred 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.