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S 408 113th Congress Senate Health Administrative remedies Department of Health and Human Services Medicare Prescription drugs

Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2013

Introduced: February 28, 2013 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Feb 28, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1016-1017)
Feb 28, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1015-1016)
Feb 28, 2013
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2013 - 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 February 28, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1016-1017)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 928 Related bill Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Feb 28, 2013
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Feb 28, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 408: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-408/
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