3.0.0 1994 2023-01-15T09:17:37Z 2023-01-15T09:17:37Z Senate S S 2003-12-09 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-12-09T20:22:35Z 108 3355 HR 2003-10-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 108 3671 HR 2003-12-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 108 3672 HR 2003-12-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 108 1988 S 2003-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2003-12-09 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S16133) IntroReferral 2003-12-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16133) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-12-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N Health Drug industry Drugs Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Medical economics Medical supplies Medicare Prescription pricing Social Welfare Health

00 2003-12-09 Introduced in Senate 2003-12-22T20:00:57Z Efficiency in Government Health Care Spending Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as added by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to repeal the prohibition against the Secretary of Health and Human Services' negotiating with drug manufacturers and pharmacies and Medicare prescription drug plan sponsors concerning the prices of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries.

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