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To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate and disclose lowest possible prices for prescription drug prices for…

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To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate and disclose lowest possible prices for prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.

Introduced: May 10, 2004 Introduced by: Lynch, Stephen F. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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May 21, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 18, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 10, 2004
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 10, 2004
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to repeal provisions prohibiting the Secretary of Health and Human Services from interfering with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors with respect to drug price. Replaces them with a requirement that the Secretary negotiate and disclose the lowest possible prices for prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries.

What's happening now May 21, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4321: To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate and disclose lowest possible prices for prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4321/
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"H.R. 4321: To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate and disclose lowest possible prices for prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4321/.
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H.R. 4321, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4321/.
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[H.R. 4321: To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate and disclose lowest possible prices for prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4321/)
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