2018-12-20 Introduced in House Expresses the sense of Congress that:

• the efficient administration of Medicare and Medicaid encompasses federal efforts to achieve good value for funds spent in those programs;
• the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has the authority to require direct-to-consumer television advertisements of prescription drugs and biological products to include the drug or product's list price; and
• the proposed rule by the CMS published in the Federal Register on October 18, 2018, when finalized, shall be codified without change.

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