S 2234
108th Congress
Senate
Health
Commerce
Consumer discounts
Health care industry
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Drug Discount Card Improvement Act of 2004
Introduced: March 25, 2004
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3186)
Mar 25, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3185-3186)
Mar 25, 2004
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Drug Discount Card Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to require negotiated prices to reflect at least 90 percent of all (currently, take into account) negotiated price concessions for beneficiaries under the new Medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional assistance program.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3186)
Committees of jurisdiction
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