HR 2860
111th Congress
House
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Manufacturing
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2009
Introduced: June 12, 2009
Introduced by:
Murphy, Christopher
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 15, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 12, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jun 12, 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.
Jun 12, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jun 12, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2009 - 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 a Medicare operated prescription drug plan with a service area that consists of the entire United States; (2) negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers to reduce the purchase cost of covered Medicare part D drugs; and (3) encourage the use of more affordable therapeutic equivalents.
Requires the monthly beneficiary premium charged under such a plan to be uniform nationally. Requires adjustment of such premium amount in case of supplemental prescription drug coverage.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1