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US HR275
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019


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Introduced
01/08/2019
In Committee
01/25/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries. This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies regarding prices for drugs covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Current law prohibits the CMS from doing so.

AI Summary

This bill, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019, requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies regarding prices for drugs covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Currently, CMS is prohibited from negotiating drug prices, but this bill would allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries. The bill also requires the Secretary to submit semi-annual reports to Congress on the negotiations and the prices and price discounts achieved as a result.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (38)

Peter Welch (D)* Nanette Barragán (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Salud Carbajal (D),  Matt Cartwright (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Angie Craig (D),  Elijah Cummings (D),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Rosa DeLauro (D),  Ruben Gallego (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Bill Keating (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Daniel Lipinski (D),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Chris Pappas (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Francis Rooney (R),  Harley Rouda (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Raul Ruiz (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Brad Sherman (D),  Elissa Slotkin (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Jeff Van Drew (R),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D), 

Last Action

Subcommittee Hearings Held. (on 09/25/2019)

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