Medicare coverage of new tests and services

Add more services by law, such as permanent telehealth from home and testing and treatment by pharmacists (21)

• Terri Sewell AL-7
  Her campaign website says that in 2026 she passed a law giving many seniors Medicare coverage of blood tests that screen for many types of cancer.²
• Robb Tucker CA-3
  His campaign website says he would make temporary telehealth flexibilities under Medicare and Medicaid permanent for rural areas.³
• Eric Jones CA-4
  His campaign website says he would create a Medicare benefit for regular in-home nursing visits for everyone starting at age 65.^4,5,6
• Mike Thompson CA-4
  His campaign website says he continues to lead efforts to make telehealth services permanent and expand them.⁷
• Doris Matsui CA-7
  Her campaign website says she passed a law that permanently lets Medicare patients get mental health treatment by telehealth at home, and that she is working through the CONNECT Act to make all telehealth services permanent for Medicare patients.⁸
• Sarah McBride DE-AL
  Her campaign website says she supported the CONNECT for Health Act to permanently expand telehealth.⁹
• Mike Sell FL-4
  His campaign's platform calls for expanding Medicare to cover licensed counselors and marriage and family therapists, and its bill tracker lists him as supporting the Expanding Seniors Access to Mental Health Services Act.^10,11
• Gus Michael Bilirakis FL-12
  His campaign website lists among his accomplishments the EASE Act, which it says extends telehealth access for seniors, and expanding the types of licensed therapists, including marriage and family therapists, who can participate in Medicare.^12,13,14
• Mario Diaz-Balart FL-26
  His campaign website lists cosponsoring the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act, now law, which it says gives seniors access to early cancer detection, among his accomplishments.¹⁵
• Maria Elvira Salazar FL-27
  Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments introducing the John W. Walsh Alpha-1 Home Infusion Act, which it says would let Medicare beneficiaries with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency receive essential treatments at home.¹⁶
• Jonathan Chavez GA-13
  His platform says he would push to make Medicare’s telehealth flexibilities permanent before they expire at the end of 2027.¹⁷
• Shawn Harris GA-14
  His campaign website says he would expand Medicare to include nursing homes for long-term care.¹⁸
• Christina Bohannan IA-1
  Her campaign website says she will work to expand Medicare to cover home health costs for family caregivers.¹⁹
• Zach Nunn IA-3
  His campaign website's page on seniors lists among his record cosponsoring bipartisan legislation to expand Medicare coverage for cancer screenings, telehealth and other kinds of care.²⁰
• Sean Casten IL-6
  His campaign website lists cosponsoring the CONNECT for Health Act, which it says would permanently expand Medicare access to telehealth services.²¹
• Juliana Stratton IL Senate
  Her campaign's affordability blueprint says she would expand Medicare to cover long-term home care services.²²
• Roger Marshall KS Senate
  His campaign website says he cosponsors the CONNECT for Health Act (S. 1261) to make the telehealth flexibilities adopted during COVID permanent.²³
• Charles Booker KY Senate
  His campaign website says he would expand federal investment in telemedicine, including making the telehealth flexibilities adopted during COVID permanent.²⁴
• Susan M. Collins ME Senate
  Her campaign website says she has led legislation to make key telehealth flexibilities permanent in Medicare so patients can see providers from home.²⁵
• Michelle Fischbach MN-7
  The record page lists co-sponsoring a bill to ensure prompt, permanent Medicare coverage for medical devices designated as breakthrough technologies.²⁶
• Rachel Peace NJ-4
  Her campaign website says long-term care should be covered by Medicare and that she would support legislation such as the Medicare at Home Act to do that.²⁷