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Medicare Dental Expansion Proposals

• Congressional Democrats and the Biden
administration are working to expand

Medicare

• Congressional Democrats are crafting a $1.9
- 2.2 trillion budget proposal, the Build Back
Better Act, that could add dental, vision,
and hearing coverage to Medicare

• Could cost $358 billion ($238 billion for

dental) over a decade, according to CBO
estimate of a previous proposal (H.R. 3 in
th
the 116 Congress).
• Broader proposals, such as “Medicare for
All” or a public option, are on the

backburner
• Some moderate Democrats prefer

encouraging states to expand their
Medicaid programs and making ACA
subsidies permanent