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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="2553" measure-id="id115s2553" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2018-03-14" update-date="2018-10-17">
<title>Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018</title>
<summary summary-id="id115s2553v49" currentChamber="BOTH" update-date="2018-10-17">
<action-date>2018-10-10</action-date>
<action-desc>Public Law</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits a prescription drug plan under Medicare or Medicare Advantage&nbsp;from restricting a pharmacy from informing an enrollee of any difference between the price, copayment, or coinsurance of a drug under the plan and a lower price of the drug without health-insurance coverage. (Such restrictions are commonly referred to as gag clauses.)</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id115s2553v81" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2018-10-04">
<action-date>2018-09-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits a prescription drug plan under Medicare or Medicare Advantage&nbsp;from restricting a pharmacy from informing an enrollee of any difference between the price, copayment, or coinsurance of a drug under the plan and a lower price of the drug without health-insurance coverage. (Such restrictions are commonly referred to as gag clauses.)</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id115s2553v35" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2018-09-25">
<action-date>2018-09-04</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed Senate amended</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits a prescription drug plan under Medicare or Medicare Advantage&nbsp;from restricting a pharmacy from informing an enrollee of any difference between the price, copayment, or coinsurance of a drug under the plan and a lower price of the drug without health-insurance coverage. (Such restrictions are commonly referred to as gag clauses.)</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id115s2553v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2018-04-10">
<action-date>2018-03-14</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits a health-benefits plan or pharmacy-benefits manager under Medicare or Medicare Advantage&nbsp;from restricting a pharmacy from informing an enrollee of any difference between the price of a drug under the plan and the price of the drug without health-insurance coverage.</p>]]></summary-text>
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