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HR 7497 117th Congress House Health

Make Medicine Affordable Act

Introduced: April 11, 2022 Introduced by: Slotkin, Elissa 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
 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.

What's happening now April 12, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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