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HR 8529 116th Congress House Health Home and outpatient care Inflation and prices Medicaid Prescription drugs State and local government operations

Protecting Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2020

Introduced: October 20, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 6, 2020
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Protecting Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2020

This bill prohibits additional rebates for certain drugs under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Specifically, the bill prohibits additional rebates with respect to noninnovator multiple-source drugs (i.e., generics) for which the average manufacturer price is less than $1.

What's happening now October 6, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1
Bishop, Dan
· Dec 9, 2020
McKinley, David
· Oct 30, 2020
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Soto, Darren
Florida · Oct 27, 2020
O'Halleran, Tom
· Oct 20, 2020
Long, Billy
· Oct 6, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8529: Protecting Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8529/
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"H.R. 8529: Protecting Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8529/.
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H.R. 8529, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8529/.
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[H.R. 8529: Protecting Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2020](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8529/)
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