HR 6392
112th Congress
House
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Negotiating for Seniors Act
Introduced: September 13, 2012
Introduced by:
Baldwin, Tammy
Democratic
· Wisconsin
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 14, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 13, 2012
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.
Sep 13, 2012
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Negotiating for Seniors Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the prohibition against: (1) interference by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors, and (2) the Secretary's requiring a particular formulary or instituting a price structure for the reimbursement of covered Medicare part D drugs.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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