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H.R. 7497 117th Congress House

Make Medicine Affordable Act

Official title: To provide for lower prices for drugs through drug price negotiation, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 11, 2022 Introduced by: Elissa Slotkin Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Apr 12, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 11, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
Apr 11, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 12, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Make Medicine Affordable Act

This bill establishes several programs and requirements to address the prices of prescription drugs, including (1) requiring the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate the prices of certain brand-name drugs and insulin under Medicare, (2) capping annual out-of-pocket spending under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and (3) limiting cost-sharing for insulin products.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 2815 BIOSIM Act
  • HR 6833 Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023
  • HR 5376 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7497: Make Medicine Affordable Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7497/
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"H.R. 7497: Make Medicine Affordable Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7497/.
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H.R. 7497, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7497/.
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