3.0.0 1347 2023-01-11T13:37:37Z 2023-01-11T13:37:37Z Senate S 2017-06-13 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-13T21:24:09Z 2017-06-13 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-06-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2017-06-13 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2017-06-13 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-06-13 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2017-06-13 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2018-05-21 False Health Medicare Prescription drugs Health 00 2017-06-13 Introduced in Senate 2017-09-19T11:37:00Z Reducing Existing Costs Associated with Pharmaceuticals for Seniors Act of 2017 or the RxCAP Act of 2017

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate beneficiary cost-sharing above the Medicare prescription benefit's annual out-of-pocket threshold beginning in plan year 2018. Under current law, the Medicare prescription drug benefit provides coverage above that threshold only with cost-sharing in the form of either copayment or coinsurance.

]]> RxCAP Act of 2017 Display Title RxCAP Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prevent catastrophic out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs for seniors and individuals with disabilities. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced RxCAP Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Reducing Existing Costs Associated with Pharmaceuticals for Seniors Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1347is/xml/BILLS-115s1347is.xml 2017-06-13 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.