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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="6563" measure-id="id115hr6563" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2018-07-26" update-date="2019-08-05">
<title>Lower Out-of-Pocket Costs for Seniors Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr6563v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2019-08-05">
<action-date>2018-07-26</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Lower Out-of-Pocket Costs for Seniors Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes permanent certain limitations on the growth rate of the annual out-of-pocket spending threshold under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. </p>]]></summary-text>
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