Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025

# Summary: Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025 **What the bill would do:** This bill would extend and increase Medicare payments to ground ambulance services in rural areas through January 1, 2028. Currently, rural ambulance services receive a temporary rate increase under Medicare; this bill would keep that increase in place longer and make it even higher for the period between October 2025 and early 2028. The goal is to ensure ambulance services remain available and financially sustainable in areas where they're harder to operate. **Who it affects:** Rural communities and the ambulance services that operate there would be the primary beneficiaries, since ambulances in less densely populated areas typically have higher operating costs and fewer patients to serve.

Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas would also benefit from maintained ambulance access. The bill is sponsored by Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada), a rural state. **Current status:** The bill is currently in committee and has not yet been voted on by the full Senate.