S 31
114th 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 2015
Introduced: January 6, 2015
Introduced by:
Klobuchar, Amy
Democratic
· Minnesota
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 6, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 6, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2015
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 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 plan.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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