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Medicare Drug Honest Pricing Act of 2006

Introduced: February 16, 2006 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1432-1433)
Feb 16, 2006
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Drug Honest Pricing Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug plans (PDP's) and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug Plans that change their formularies or increase drug prices to enroll in other plans.

Requires PDP sponsor, every November, to disclose to the Secretary of Health and Human Services the negotiated price of each covered part D drug for the following year, and the Secretary, the same month of every year, to make such disclosure available to the public through the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Requires each PDP sponsor also to inform, by January 10 of each year, part D eligible enrollees in its plan of such negotiated prices.

What's happening now February 16, 2006

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1432-1433)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2313: Medicare Drug Honest Pricing Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2313/
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"S. 2313: Medicare Drug Honest Pricing Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2313/.
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S. 2313, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2313/.
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