Require glaucoma screening coverage for eligible people with private insurance, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits coverage, and eliminate applicable Medicare Part B cost sharing for eligible screenings.
Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: Glaucoma screening coverage required for eligible people with private insurance, Medicaid, and FEHB coverage, and applicable Medicare Part B cost sharing eliminated for eligible screenings.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. U.S. Representative for Florida's 24th District; Glaucoma Vision Act of 2026 introduced in the 2026 congressional term.
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Expands screening coverage across major health plans. The bill would require glaucoma screening coverage for eligible people with private insurance, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits coverage. It would also eliminate applicable Medicare Part B cost sharing for screenings furnished to eligible people. The coverage provisions would generally take effect in 2027.
Wilson's Glaucoma Vision Act would expand glaucoma screening coverage across major health plans and remove applicable Medicare Part B cost sharing for eligible screenings, generally starting in 2027.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official GPO metadata shows Wilson's glaucoma bill existed only as an introduced House bill in the lookback window, not enacted law.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The latest official action listed by GovInfo was the September 16, 2026 introduction/referral, indicating no later enactment or floor passage was recorded there by the refresh date.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill directly addresses the promised policy by proposing required annual glaucoma screening coverage, including provisions for private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and FEHB.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Bill text contains no-cost-sharing language for glaucoma screenings, matching the Medicare/Medicaid/FEHB cost-sharing portion of the commitment, but it remains proposed legislation.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Medicare.gov still describes Part B glaucoma screenings as subject to deductible/coinsurance for eligible beneficiaries, so the promised elimination of applicable Medicare Part B cost sharing has not been delivered administratively.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Wilson's official House site announced the introduction of the bill during the lookback window, confirming concrete legislative effort but not completion.
Public state: pendingAs of 2026-10-02 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved.unknownA for effort
The commitment is an outcome promise to require glaucoma screening coverage across private insurance, Medicaid, FEHB, and eliminate applicable Medicare Part B cost sharing. Verified evidence shows Wilson introduced the Glaucoma Vision Act of 2026, so there is attributable legislative effort. However, GovInfo shows the bill only as Introduced in House with last action on September 16, 2026, and Medicare.gov still states beneficiaries pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount. Because the promised coverage and cost-sharing changes have not been enacted and no deadline has expired, this remains unresolved rather than delivered or never.
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