3.0.0 2650 2022-11-01T04:17:49Z 2022-11-01T04:17:49Z Senate S 2019-10-21 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-10-21T22:03:38Z Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2019 116 4769 HR 2019-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2019-10-21 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S5924-5925) IntroReferral 2019-10-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-10-21 True 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 Senate 2019-11-14T17:05:54Z 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).

]]> Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2019 Display Title Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2650is/xml/BILLS-116s2650is.xml 2019-10-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S5924-5925) 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.