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Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act

Introduced: January 8, 2020 Introduced by: Booker, Cory A. Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 8, 2020
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Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act

This bill addresses prescription drug costs and access. For example, the bill (1) establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the Bureau of Prescription Drug Affordability and Access to review the wholesale acquisition costs of prescription drugs, and (2) authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate Medicare drug prices.

What's happening now January 8, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jan 8, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3166: Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3166/
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"S. 3166: Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3166/.
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S. 3166, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3166/.
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