United States · Bill · S
S. 1688 (115th)
Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2017
Introduced
1 August 2017
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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11 August 2025
Summary
Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to: (1) negotiate drug prices under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and (2) institute a price structure for the reimbursement of drugs covered under the benefit.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 1 August 2017
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Introduced in Senate · EN · 1 August 2017
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 1 August 2017
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1688
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1688