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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 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 March 25, 2004

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3186)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 25, 2004
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Mar 25, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2234: Drug Discount Card Improvement Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2234/
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"S. 2234: Drug Discount Card Improvement Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2234/.
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S. 2234, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2234/.
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