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HR 6593 115th Congress House

Medication Automated Quotation System, or MEDAQ, Act of 2018

Official title: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing and maintaining an automated and searchable system… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing and maintaining an automated and searchable system that tracks prescription drug prices in the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 26, 2018 See on congress.gov
Health Computers and information technologyCongressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical records
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Health technology, devices, suppliesInflation and pricesPrescription drugs
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Jul 27, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 26, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 26, 2018
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1096-1097)
Jul 26, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 27, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medication Automated Quotation System, or MEDAQ, Act of 2018

This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study the feasibility of establishing a medication automated quotation system (i.e., an automated, searchable system that tracks the acquisition price per unit of prescription drugs and generates real-time reports).

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6593: Medication Automated Quotation System, or MEDAQ, Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6593/
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"H.R. 6593: Medication Automated Quotation System, or MEDAQ, Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6593/.
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H.R. 6593, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6593/.
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