Bill > HR5094

This bill proposes to repeal two specific changes previously made to healthcare legislation. First, it eliminates recent modifications to Medicaid cost-sharing requirements, effectively reverting Medicaid's rules to their state before the recent changes. This means that the previous restrictions or guidelines about how much patients might be required to pay out-of-pocket for Medicaid services would be nullified. Second, the bill removes recent amendments to the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program's exclusion rules for orphan drugs (medications designed to treat rare medical conditions). By repealing section 71203, the bill would restore the prior treatment of orphan drugs under the negotiation program. The bill, titled the "Protect Patients from Costly Care Act," appears to be aimed at rolling back recent healthcare policy changes, potentially to reduce new restrictions or cost structures that were previously implemented. It specifically references repealing sections of a previous reconciliation act (Public Law 119-21) and would return the relevant sections of the Social Security Act to their pre-amendment state.

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