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Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007

Introduced: March 1, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Mar 7, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 5, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 1, 2007
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 1, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on how to eliminate the gap in benefits for covered part D drugs under the Medicare prescription drug program under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII of the Social Security Act after a part D eligible individual's costs exceed the initial coverage limit, and before the individual obtains protection against high out-of-pocket expenditures.

What's happening now March 7, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Green, Al
Texas · Mar 1, 2007
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 1, 2007
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1277: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1277/
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"H.R. 1277: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1277/.
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H.R. 1277, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1277/.
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