S 2708
115th Congress
Senate
Health
Abortion
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Comprehensive health care
Consumer affairs
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Sex and reproductive health
Choose Medicare Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 18, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2265-2266)
Apr 18, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Choose Medicare Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish public health plans that are available on health insurance markets, subject to specified requirements; the bill also makes a series of changes related to health insurance costs, including alterations to cost-sharing provisions and the authority to negotiate prices under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2265-2266)
Committees of jurisdiction
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