S 1688
115th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2017
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 1, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 1, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to: (1) negotiate drug prices under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and (2) institute a price structure for the reimbursement of drugs covered under the benefit.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1