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S 44 112th Congress Senate Health Health care costs and insurance Inflation and prices Medicare Prescription drugs Public contracts and procurement

Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011

Introduced: January 25, 2011 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Jan 25, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 25, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011 - 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 (HHS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices that may be charged to Medicare part D prescription drug plan (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 January 25, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 6392 Related bill Negotiating for Seniors Act
  • HR 2248 Identical bill Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Independent 1
D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Apr 13, 2011
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jan 31, 2011
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jan 26, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 44: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-44/
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"S. 44: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-44/.
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S. 44, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-44/.
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