3.0.0 1040 2023-01-11T13:19:02Z 2023-01-11T13:19:02Z Senate S S 2009-05-14 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-05-14T16:40:19Z 2009-05-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-05-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY N S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2009-05-14 True Health Government studies and investigations Health care quality Medicare Prescription drugs Health 00 2009-05-14 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-02T21:24:50Z Seniors' Medication Copayment Reduction Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program to test Value-Based Insurance Design methodologies for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions.

Defines "Value-Based Insurance Design" as a methodology for identifying specific medications or classes of medications for which, because of their high value and effectiveness when prescribed for particular clinical conditions, copayments or coinsurance should be reduced or eliminated.

]]> Seniors' Medication Copayment Reduction Act of 2009 Display Title Seniors' Medication Copayment Reduction Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a demonstration program requiring the utilization of Value-Based Insurance Design in order to demonstrate that reducing the copayments or coinsurance charged Medicare beneficiaries for selected medications can increase adherence to prescribed medication, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Seniors' Medication Copayment Reduction Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1040is/xml/BILLS-111s1040is.xml 2009-05-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.