S 927 · in committee · significant
Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- The bill funds surveys of pharmacy drug prices under Medicaid starting in 2026.
- Retail and mail-order pharmacies must participate or face civil penalties.
- It prohibits certain pricing practices by pharmacy benefit managers and requires reporting to Congress.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would mandatory pharmacy price surveys affect the cost and availability of medications for Medicaid beneficiaries in rural or underserved areas?
- 02
What evidence exists that pharmacy benefit manager pricing practices are currently harming Medicaid programs, and how would the proposed restrictions address those harms?
- 03
Who bears the financial burden of survey compliance and reporting requirements, and could these costs be passed on to patients or insurers?
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Sponsor · D-VT
Peter Welch
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In Congress
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Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-03-11
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Legislative timeline
2025-03-11 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2025-03-11 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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