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HR 1768 · in committee · significant

Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act

What this bill does

  • This bill reauthorizes and expands healthcare programs including Medicare and Medicaid coverage, pharmacy rebate requirements, and public health preparedness.
  • The bill affects seniors with disabilities, healthcare providers, patients, and consumers purchasing internet-connected devices and concert tickets.
  • The bill establishes new federal requirements for manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers with no specified appropriation amount or implementation timeline.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would expanding Medicare and Medicaid coverage affect healthcare costs for seniors with disabilities versus the federal budget?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs exist between requiring pharmacy benefit managers to pass rebates to consumers and potential changes to drug pricing and availability?

  3. 03

    Which stakeholders—manufacturers, providers, or patients—would bear the primary costs of the bill's new federal requirements?

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Sponsor · D-NJ-6

Frank Pallone, Jr.

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Introduced 2025-03-03

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-03-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, 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.

  2. 2025-03-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, 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.

  3. 2025-03-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, 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.

  4. 2025-03-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, 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.

  5. 2025-03-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, 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.

  6. 2025-03-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  7. 2025-03-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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