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Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2005

Introduced: February 10, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Feb 25, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 10, 2005
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.
Feb 10, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2005 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) offer one or more Medicare operated prescription drug plans nationally that offer qualified prescription drug coverage and access to negotiated prices, while allowing the plan to offer supplemental prescription drug coverage in the same manner as other qualified prescription drug coverage offered by other prescription drug plans; and (2) enter into negotiations with pharmaceutical manufacturers to reduce the purchase cost of covered Medicare part D drugs for eligible part D individuals, and encourage the use of more affordable therapeutic equivalents.

Requires the monthly beneficiary premium charged under such a plan to be uniform nationally. Makes the premium for months in 2006 $35. Bases the premium for months in succeeding years on the average monthly per capita actuarial cost of offering the Medicare operated prescription drug plan for the year involved, including administrative expenses. Allows for adjustment of such premium amount in case of supplemental prescription drug coverage.

What's happening now February 25, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 345 Related bill Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2005
  • S 873 Related bill Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2005
  • HRES 584 Procedurally related Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 752) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to deliver a meaning…
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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 26 Independent 1
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 28, 2006
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Sep 28, 2006
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · May 3, 2006
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Apr 26, 2006
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Apr 6, 2006
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 30, 2006
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 28, 2006
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 7, 2006
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 7, 2006
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Mar 7, 2006
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Mar 7, 2006
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 16, 2006
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 16, 2006
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 14, 2006
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jan 31, 2006
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jan 31, 2006
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jan 31, 2006
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Dec 22, 2005
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Dec 8, 2005
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Dec 6, 2005
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 28, 2005
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jun 27, 2005
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 8, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 17, 2005
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 10, 2005
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 10, 2005
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 10, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 752: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-752/
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"H.R. 752: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-752/.
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H.R. 752, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-752/.
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