Requires that private insurers and Medicare Part D plans cover Naloxone without any co-pay or deductible requirements
Will require private insurers and Medicare Part D plans to cover Naloxone without co-pays or deductibles.
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GovInfo lists S. 4895 as introduced by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on June 24, 2026, read twice, and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The bill version is Introduced in Senate.
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Section 7 would require group health plans and health insurance issuers to cover at least one opioid overdose reversal agent without cost-sharing, and would require Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans to impose no cost-sharing for at least one brand or generic opioid overdose reversal agent starting in plan year 2027.
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Shaheen introduced S. 4895, the Turn the Tide Act, on June 24, 2026, and the bill text appears to directly require private health plans and Medicare Part D/MA-PD plans to cover at least one opioid overdose reversal agent such as naloxone without cost-sharing. However, the latest available official status shows only introduction and referral to the Senate HELP Committee, with no enactment or binding federal coverage requirement in force. Because she materially advanced a matching bill during her Senate term but the promised outcome has not yet passed, the promise remains unresolved rather than delivered.