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    <item congress="118" measure-type="s" measure-number="2474" measure-id="id118s2474" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2023-07-25" update-date="2024-10-09">
        <title>Share the Savings with Seniors Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118s2474v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2024-10-09">
            <action-date>2023-07-25</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Share the Savings with Seniors Act</strong></p><p>This bill limits cost-sharing for chronic care drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. <em>Chronic care drugs</em> include blood glucose regulators other than insulin, anticoagulants, and other categories of drugs as specified in the bill.</p><p>Specifically, for costs below the annual deductible, the bill caps cost-sharing for chronic care drugs at the net price of the drug (i.e., the negotiated price net of all manufacturer price concessions); for costs above the annual deductible and below the annual out-of-pocket threshold, cost-sharing must be based on a percentage of the drug's net price (if cost-sharing for that drug is tied to the price or cost of the drug).</p>]]></summary-text>
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        <dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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