Congress·In Committee·S. 1164

Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act

Dental Insurance: Buying Dental Plans Separately

Mar 27, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process after being introduced in the Senate. It has been sent to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for review. There are no upcoming votes scheduled at this time.

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Likely to pass

This bill has strong support from both parties and fixes a specific problem that many voters face when looking for insurance.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from S. 2771 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
S. 2771 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill changes the rules for the federal health insurance marketplace. It would let you buy a dental insurance plan by itself without needing to buy a full health insurance plan at the same time.
Right now, many people are blocked from getting dental coverage on the exchange unless they also sign up for a medical plan. This bill removes that restriction to give families more flexibility.
This change would be especially helpful for people who have health insurance through a job or another source but still need a way to pay for dental checkups and procedures.
A group of both Democratic and Republican senators is backing this plan. Because it has support from both sides, it has a better chance of becoming law than many other bills.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

2 milestones2 actions

Mar 27, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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

Mar 27, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act

Bill NumberS 1164

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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D: 5R: 6

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