H.R. 5094 119th Congress House

Protect Patients from Costly Care Act

Official title: To repeal changes to Medicaid cost sharing requirements and the exclusion for orphan drugs under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program.

Introduced: September 2, 2025 Introduced by: Chris Pappas Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov

Health

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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.

Sep 2, 2025

Introduced in House

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
for AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
GRIDIRON PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC
for AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS · Massachusetts · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
for AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
GRIDIRON PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC
for AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS · Massachusetts · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
for AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
for AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7 filings
SENATE
7 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
5 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
5 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
5 filings
White House Office
5 filings
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
2 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
2 filings

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Cosponsors 9

Carson, André

Indiana · Sep 2, 2025

Craig, Angie

Minnesota · Sep 2, 2025

Fields, Cleo

Louisiana · Sep 2, 2025

Goodlander, Maggie

New Hampshire · Sep 2, 2025

Jackson, Jonathan L.

Illinois · Sep 2, 2025

Larson, John B.

Connecticut · Sep 2, 2025

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Sep 2, 2025

Ruiz, Raul

California · Sep 2, 2025

Thanedar, Shri

Michigan · Sep 2, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5094: Protect Patients from Costly Care Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5094/

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"H.R. 5094: Protect Patients from Costly Care Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5094/.

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