S 560
112th Congress
Senate
Health
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2011
Introduced: March 10, 2011
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 10, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1561-1563)
Mar 10, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1561)
Mar 10, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2011 - 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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1561-1563)
Committees of jurisdiction
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