S. 2617 119th Congress Senate

Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Act.

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require that coinsurance for drugs under Medicare part D be based on the drug's net price and not the drug's list price.

Introduced: July 31, 2025 Introduced by: Jacky Rosen Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jul 31, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Act

This bill requires the coinsurance amount for covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit to be based on the net price of the drug (i.e., the negotiated price under the prescription drug plan net of any manufacturer price concessions), rather than the list price of the drug, if the net price is lower.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Finance Committee
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Lobbying activity 4

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

PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
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Bodies those filers lobbied

Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
4 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
4 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
4 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
4 filings
SENATE
4 filings
Small Business Administration (SBA)
4 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Cornyn, John

Texas · Jul 31, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2617: Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Act.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2617/

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