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HR 684 111th Congress House Health Administrative remedies Department of Health and Human Services Medicare Prescription drugs

Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009

Introduced: January 26, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 27, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 26, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jan 26, 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.
Jan 26, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jan 26, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) establishment of one or more Medicare operated prescription drug plan options; and (2) an appeals process for denials of benefits under a Medicare operated prescription drug plan.

What's happening now January 27, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 330 Identical bill Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Dec 16, 2009
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 12, 2009
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 26, 2009
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jan 26, 2009
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jan 26, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 26, 2009
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jan 26, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 684: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-684/
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"H.R. 684: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-684/.
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H.R. 684, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-684/.
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