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Medicare Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act
Introduced: December 9, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 9, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 9, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16137-16138)
Dec 9, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title IV of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to give the Secretary of Health and Human Services authority to negotiate prices in contracts with manufacturers of covered Medicare part D drugs.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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