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S. 62 (116th)

Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2019

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Introduced

9 January 2019

Last action

9 January 2019 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sponsors

Amy Klobuchar, Tammy Baldwin, Michael Bennet, Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Maria Cantwell, Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3], Catherine Cortez Masto, Tammy Duckworth, Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA], Maggie Hassan, Martin Heinrich, Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Timothy Kaine, Angus King, Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [I-WV], Jeff Merkley, Christopher Murphy, Patty Murray, John Reed, Charles Schumer, Jeanne Shaheen, Tina Smith, Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Chris Van Hollen, Elizabeth Warren, Sheldon Whitehouse, Mark Warner, Ron Wyden, Gary Peters, Christopher Coons

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

3 January 2025

Healthcare

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Summary

Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2019 This bill allows 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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Timeline

  1. 9 January 2019

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 9 January 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

Documents

3 official files

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