YourVoice.Now Summary
Your MoneyTransparency & AccountabilityStarting in 2028, Medicare users could pay extra for titanium or carbon-fiber wheelchair frames — Medicare's share stays the same.
Your Money
Medicare would pay the same amount no matter what the wheelchair frame is made of. Starting January 1, 2028, a supplier could bill you the difference between its price and Medicare's payment.
Transparency & Accountability
Medicare could require the supplier to give you a written notice before you buy or rent. It would spell out what you might owe.
More about this bill
If you use Medicare and need an ultralightweight manual wheelchair, your cost could change in 2028. Medicare would set up separate billing codes for chair frames built from titanium or carbon fiber. Medicare's payment would stay the same as it is for other frames. The supplier could then charge you the difference between its price and what Medicare pays. Medicare could also require suppliers to warn you about that extra cost before you buy or rent. Wheelchair users on Medicare would feel this first, starting January 1, 2028.
Congressional Summary
Congress's official summary of this bill still describes an earlier version of the text, so we have left it out here. You can read it on Congress.gov.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Passed House and Senate
- Action Date
- 2026-09-30
- Date Added
- 2026-07-18
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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