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HR 2179 117th Congress House

Affordable Insulin for the COVID–19 Emergency Act

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate cost-sharing with respect to coverage of insulin as a covered part D drug and associated medical s… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate cost-sharing with respect to coverage of insulin as a covered part D drug and associated medical supplies and to provide mail order access to insulin and such supplies under the Medicare program during the COVID-19 emergency period.

Introduced: March 23, 2021 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 23, 2021
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.
Mar 23, 2021
Introduced in House
Mar 23, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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 Latest action March 24, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Affordable Insulin for the COVID-19 Emergency Act

This bill eliminates cost-sharing under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage for insulin and associated medical supplies during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The bill also allows beneficiaries to receive their insulin and supplies via mail order during the emergency period.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7062 Reintroduction of Affordable Insulin for the COVID–19 Emergency Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 39
All 39 Democratic 28
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Mar 8, 2022
Manning, Kathy
· May 4, 2021
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · May 4, 2021
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Apr 8, 2021
Malinowski, Tom
· Apr 8, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Williams, Nikema
Georgia · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Mar 23, 2021
Bass, Karen
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 23, 2021
Brown, Anthony
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 23, 2021
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Mar 23, 2021
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Mar 23, 2021
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Mar 23, 2021
Lawrence, Brenda
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 23, 2021
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 23, 2021
Payne, Donald
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Underwood, Lauren
Illinois · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 23, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2179: Affordable Insulin for the COVID–19 Emergency Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2179/
MLA
"H.R. 2179: Affordable Insulin for the COVID–19 Emergency Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2179/.
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H.R. 2179, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2179/.
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