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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="9127" measure-id="id117hr9127" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-10-04" update-date="2023-02-14">
        <title>Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr9127v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-02-14">
            <action-date>2022-10-04</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
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     <p><b>Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act</b></p> <p>This bill specifies that coverage determinations for drugs and biologics under Medicare must be made with respect to each drug or biologic, rather than with respect to a class of drugs or biologics.</p>
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