S. 1688
Referred to CommitteeEmpowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2017
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
8/1/2017 • Senate
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.
Introduced in Senate • 8/1/2017
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Originated in the Senate
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August 1, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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