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S. 3384 116th Congress Senate

Lowering Prescription Drug Prices for America’s Seniors and Families Act of 2020

Official title: A bill to allow for negotiation of prices for certain covered Medicare part D drugs, to allow for importation by individuals of prescription drugs from Canada,… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to allow for negotiation of prices for certain covered Medicare part D drugs, to allow for importation by individuals of prescription drugs from Canada, to preserve access to affordable generics and biosimilars, to increase the use of real-time benefit tools to lower beneficiary costs, to establish a manufacturer discount program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 3, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 3, 2020
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 Latest action March 3, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Lowering Prescription Drug Prices for America's Seniors and Families Act of 2020

This bill makes a series of changes to requirements relating to prescription drug prices. Among other changes, the bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate the prices of certain covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, allows individuals to import certain drugs from Canada to fill personal prescriptions, and establishes specific enforcement actions against patent infringement agreements that involve generic drug manufacturers and have anticompetitive effects.

 Related & companion bills 7
  • HR 478 Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019
  • HR 2374 Stop STALLING Act
  • HR 2455 Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2019
  • S 61 Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019
  • S 64 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act
  • S 1169 Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2019
  • S 1224 Stop STALLING Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3384: Lowering Prescription Drug Prices for America’s Seniors and Families Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3384/
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"S. 3384: Lowering Prescription Drug Prices for America’s Seniors and Families Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3384/.
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