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H.R. 7877 116th Congress House

Lowering Drug Costs for Seniors Act of 2020

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare part D beneficiaries with certain offset payments and reduce the growth rate of the Medicar… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare part D beneficiaries with certain offset payments and reduce the growth rate of the Medicare part D out-of-pocket cost threshold, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 30, 2020 See on congress.gov
Health Health care costs and insuranceInflation and pricesMedicarePrescription drugs
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Jul 30, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 30, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 30, 2020
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 Latest action July 30, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Lowering Drug Costs for Seniors Act of 2020

This bill modifies and establishes certain requirements under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Specifically, the bill lowers the annual out-of-pocket spending threshold for 2021, and requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue payments to beneficiaries who exceed a modified 2020 threshold, as specified.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 19 Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019
  • S 3129 Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7877: Lowering Drug Costs for Seniors Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7877/
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"H.R. 7877: Lowering Drug Costs for Seniors Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7877/.
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H.R. 7877, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7877/.
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