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S 117 113th 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 2013

Introduced: January 23, 2013 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Jan 23, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 23, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2013 - 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 23, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1102 Identical bill Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Independent 2
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Jun 13, 2013
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Mar 4, 2013
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jan 24, 2013
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jan 23, 2013
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Jan 23, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 117: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-117/
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"S. 117: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-117/.
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S. 117, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-117/.
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