HOUSE 275116th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Supporting the goals and ideals of "Financial Literacy Month".

Last Action: 4/1/2019

Actions

2019-09-25Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-01-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-01-08Referred 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.
2019-01-08Referred 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.
2019-01-08Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-01-08Introduced in House
2019-01-08Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-01-08 (00)

Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies regarding prices for drugs covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Current law prohibits the CMS from doing so.

Cosponsors (20)

Francis Rooney (R-FL)
Mark Pocan (D-WI)
ROSA DELAURO (D-CT)
Kathy Castor (D-FL)
David Cicilline (D-RI)
ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D-MD)
JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)
Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
BRAD SHERMAN (D-CA)
Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
Ro Khanna (D-CA)
Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD (D-CA)

Subjects

Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement

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