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HR 1832 111th Congress House Health Health care costs and insurance Inflation and prices Medicare Prescription drugs

Medicare Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2009

Introduced: March 31, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 1, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 31, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 31, 2009
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 31, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 31, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) limit Medicare part D prescription drug plan (PDP) cost increases to the Social Security cost-of-living increase; and (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices that may be charged to PDP sponsors and MedicareAdvantage (MA) organizations for covered part D drugs for part D eligible individuals who are enrolled under a PDP or under an MA-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan.

What's happening now April 1, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4752 Related bill Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2010
  • S 3413 Related bill Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2010
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 31, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1832: Medicare Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1832/
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"H.R. 1832: Medicare Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1832/.
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H.R. 1832, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1832/.
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