HR 1244 · in committee · significant
Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- The bill changes how Medicare calculates drug copayments for seniors by using the actual price paid for drugs instead of a higher standard price.
- Medicare beneficiaries who take prescription drugs will pay lower out-of-pocket costs under this change.
- The bill takes effect immediately upon passage by adjusting coinsurance calculations for covered drugs in Medicare's prescription drug benefit.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How might lowering seniors' drug copayments affect the overall costs that Medicare pays to pharmaceutical manufacturers?
- 02
Which Medicare beneficiaries would see the largest savings from switching to actual drug prices instead of standard prices?
- 03
What evidence supports the idea that basing copayments on actual prices rather than standard prices will improve medication adherence among seniors?
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Sponsor · D-NC-1
Donald G. Davis
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In Congress
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House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-12
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-12 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-02-12 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-02-12 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-12 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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