3.0.0 4769 2022-11-01T04:17:49Z 2022-11-01T04:17:49Z House HR 2019-10-21 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 166 (Monday, October 21, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:H.R. 4769.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commercewith foreign Nations, and among the several States, and withthe Indian Tribes.[Page H8298]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-10-22T18:19:54Z Referred to 2019-10-21T16:01:05Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-10-21T16:01:10Z Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2019 116 2650 S 2019-10-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S5924-5925) Identical bill CRS 2019-10-22 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-10-21 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 2019-10-21 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 2019-10-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-10-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 N Health Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Department of Health and Human Services Medicare Prescription drugs Public contracts and procurement Health 00 2019-10-21 Introduced in House 2019-11-13T16:21:19Z Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2019

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish at least one prescription drug plan that is operated by Medicare.

Among other things, the plan must (1) serve the entire United States; and (2) be the default plan for enrollees under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, unless the enrollee chooses another plan.

Additionally, the CMS must negotiate prices for prescription drugs that are covered under the plan and, if appropriate, encourage the use of more affordable therapeutic equivalents. (Currently, the CMS is prohibited from negotiating the prices of covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.) The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality must assess the clinical benefits of drugs and make recommendations to the CMS regarding price negotiations, based on specified information (e.g., comparable international prices).

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