3.0.0 5317 2023-01-11T13:15:04Z 2023-01-11T13:15:04Z House H HR 2008-02-07 110 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2008-02-18T18:23:02Z Referred to 2008-02-07T15:06:45Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2008-02-07T22:24:07Z Referred to 2008-02-07T15:06:40Z 2008-02-18 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-02-07 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-02-07 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2008-02-07 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2008-02-07 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 N Health Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost of living adjustments Drug industry Drugs Government Operations and Politics Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Insurance premiums Managed care Medical economics Medicare Prescription pricing Social Welfare Health

00 2008-02-07 Introduced in House 2008-03-07T21:17:20Z Medicare Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2008 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) limit Medicare part D prescription drug plan (PDP) cost increases to the Social Security cost-of-living increase; and (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices that may be charged to PDP sponsors and MedicareAdvantage (MA) organizations for covered part D drugs for part D eligible individuals who are enrolled under a PDP or under an MA-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan.

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