Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 376 (109th)

Medicare's Equitable Drugs for Seniors Act of 2005

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

26 January 2005

Last action

25 February 2005 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8], Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3], Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3], Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4], Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3], Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11], Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5], Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5], Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3], Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12], Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA], Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1], Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1], Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1], Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5], Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large], Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7], Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5], Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7], Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17], Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43], Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36], Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20], Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]

Subjects

Healthcare, Defence

Source updated

15 August 2025

Healthcare · Defence

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Medicare's Equitable Drugs for Seniors Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal provisions prohibiting the Secretary of Health and Human Services from: (1) interfering with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors; and (2) requiring a particular formulary to institute a price structure for the reimbursement of covered Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drugs. Grants the Secretary instead, in order to ensure that beneficiaries enrolled under prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans pay the lowest possible price, authority similar to that of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other Federal agencies and departments that purchase prescription drugs in bulk to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of covered Medicare part D drugs, consistent with the requirements and in furtherance of the goals of providing quality care and containing costs under such part.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 26 January 2005

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 26 January 2005

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 26 January 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 26 January 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 14 February 2005

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  6. 25 February 2005

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 26 January 2005

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 26 January 2005

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 26 January 2005

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Showing 48 of 170 sponsors and actors.

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.