3.0.0 2044 2025-12-05T08:28:03Z 2025-12-05T08:28:03Z Senate S S 2023-06-20 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2044 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-06-20T20:04:42Z 118 4215 HR 2024-12-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2023-06-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2023-06-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N W000800 Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] Peter Welch D VT 2023-06-20 True Health Asia 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Australia 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Canada 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Civil actions and liability 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Europe 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z France 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Germany 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Health care costs and insurance 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Health care coverage and access 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Inflation and prices 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Italy 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Japan 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Medicaid 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Medical research 2023-09-25T21:15:37Z Medicare 2023-09-25T21:15:37Z Military medicine 2023-09-25T21:15:37Z Netherlands 2023-09-25T21:15:37Z North America 2023-09-25T21:15:37Z Oceania 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Prescription drugs 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Retail and wholesale trades 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Spain 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Sweden 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Switzerland 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z United Kingdom 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Veterans' medical care 2023-09-25T21:15:36Z Health 2024-01-17T13:31:16Z

00 2023-06-20 Introduced in Senate 2023-07-26T18:10:00Z <p><b>End Price Gouging for Medications Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to set maximum prices for prescription drugs under specified federal health programs. Specifically, HHS must establish reference prices based on certain factors, including the lowest retail price for a drug among specified reference countries.</p> <p>Retail prices of covered drugs under specified federal health programs (e.g., Medicare and Medicaid) may not exceed the established reference prices. Drugs must also be available at such prices to uninsured individuals and to individuals with private health insurance.</p>

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