US Congress House Bill 1832 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 31 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) limit Medicare part D prescription drug plan (PDP) cost increases to the Social Security cost-of-living increase; and (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices that may be charged to PDP sponsors and MedicareAdvantage (MA) organizations for covered part D drugs for part D eligible individuals who are enrolled under a PDP or under an MA-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan.

Medicare Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2009

Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]

Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-01		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-03-31		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-03-31		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-03-31		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.

HB4752 (Related) 2010-03-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB3413 (Related) 2010-05-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1832/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1832/BILLS-111hr1832ih.pdf