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S 2129 118th Congress Senate Health

Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act

Introduced: July 11, 2023 Introduced by: Lankford, James Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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Jun 22, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 22, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act

This bill requires prescription drug plans under the Medicare prescription drug benefit to include generic drugs and biosimilars on their formularies.

Specifically, the bill requires plans that use formularies to include generic drugs and biosimilars on the formularies and without any requirements (e.g., prior authorization requirements) that are more restrictive as compared to those for brand-name drugs and biologics. Plans that use cost-sharing tiers must also have specific tiers for generic drugs and biosimilars, in accordance with certain limitations.

What's happening now June 22, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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  • VIATRIS INC.
    for VIATRIS INC · Pennsylvania · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Jul 27, 2023
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Jul 12, 2023
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Jul 11, 2023
 R
Paul, Rand
Kentucky · Jul 11, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2129: Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2129/
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"S. 2129: Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2129/.
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S. 2129, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2129/.
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