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SRES 151 117th Congress Senate Health Administrative remedies Government liability Health care costs and insurance Inflation and prices Intellectual property Prescription drugs

A resolution calling on the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take action to lower prescription drug costs.

Introduced: April 13, 2021 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1899)
Apr 13, 2021
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution calls on the President and the Department of Health and Human Services to take administrative action to lower U.S. prescription drug prices to align with the prices in other economically comparable countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan.

What's happening now April 13, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1899)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Independent 1
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Apr 13, 2021
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 13, 2021
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Apr 13, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 151: A resolution calling on the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take action to lower prescription drug costs.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-151/
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"S. Res. 151: A resolution calling on the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take action to lower prescription drug costs.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-151/.
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S. Res. 151, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-151/.
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[S. Res. 151: A resolution calling on the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take action to lower prescription drug costs.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-151/)
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