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HR 4928 109th Congress House

Medicare Doughnut Hole Assistance Act of 2006

Official title: To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for counting expenses for nonformulary drugs against the Medicare annual out-of-pocket thr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for counting expenses for nonformulary drugs against the Medicare annual out-of-pocket threshold for costs for covered part D drugs.

Introduced: March 9, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 9, 2006
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.
Mar 9, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 17, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Doughnut Hole Assistance Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program ) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to count expenses for nonformulary covered part D drugs against the Medicare annual out-of-pocket threshold for costs for such drugs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
BERRY, MARION
· Mar 9, 2006
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 9, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4928: Medicare Doughnut Hole Assistance Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4928/
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"H.R. 4928: Medicare Doughnut Hole Assistance Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4928/.
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H.R. 4928, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4928/.
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