Medicare will cover breast implants after breast removal surgery.
H.R. 10921 — Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act · Filed by Judy Chu (D-CA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Oct 29, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill changes Medicare rules to pay for custom breast implants. Women who have had breast removal surgery can get them. Right now, Medicare says these implants are not needed for health. But Medicare has already set a price for them. The bill makes Medicare pay for them like it pays for other custom implants. Coverage starts right away when the bill becomes law.
Who it affects
The bill helps older women and women of color. These women have had breast removal surgery. They are less likely to get or be offered surgery to rebuild the breast. The bill lets them get an implant that Medicare codes and prices but will not pay for.
One thing to notice
Medicare pays for surgery to rebuild the breast. But Medicare will not pay for implants. Medicare has set a price for implants but will not cover them.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Oct 29, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 29, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means and House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- breast removal surgery — surgery to remove all or part of a breast, usually to treat cancer.
- custom breast implants — artificial breast parts made to fit one person's body after breast removal.
- Medicare — the federal government's health insurance program for people age 65 and older.
- codes and prices — the federal system that names medical devices and sets what they cost.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,649 characters) on Oct 31, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,778 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-31.
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