3.0.0 475 2022-11-01T16:17:45Z 2022-11-01T16:17:45Z Senate S 2019-02-13 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-13T19:23:09Z Medicare for All Act of 2019 116 1129 S 2019-04-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2019-02-13 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-02-13 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 2019-02-13 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-02-13 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-02-13 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-02-13 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-02-13 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-03-28 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2019-05-02 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2019-05-20 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-06-10 False Health Medicare Prescription drugs Health 00 2019-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2019-07-18T14:41:43Z Reducing Existing Costs Associated with Pharmaceuticals for Seniors Act of 2019 or the RxCAP Act of 2019

This bill eliminates beneficiary cost-sharing above the Medicare prescription drug benefit's annual out-of-pocket threshold beginning in plan year 2020. 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 2019 Display Title RxCAP Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced RxCAP Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Reducing Existing Costs Associated with Pharmaceuticals for Seniors Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS 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 Introduced in Senate 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s475is/xml/BILLS-116s475is.xml 2019-02-13 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.