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Introduced Session

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow for the offering of additional prescription drug plans under Medicare part D. This bill allows prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors under the Medicare prescription drug benefit to offer additional plans in a region. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must update guidance to allow PDP sponsors to offer up to four plans in a region; the CMS may also set a greater limit, as appropriate. PDP sponsors may offer up to two additional plans beyond this limit if the PDP sponsor ensures that, under at least one of the plans, pharmacy benefit managers do not receive any remuneration unless at least 10% of price reductions received from drug manufacturers are reflected at the point-of-sale or otherwise used to reduce beneficiary cost-sharing.

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Pat Toomey (R)*,  Mike Crapo (R),  John Neely Kennedy (R), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (on 12/10/2019)

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