GREATER ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE PHARMACEUTICALS ACT
Amendments
Enact (S. 812), S6909, S6930, S6960, S6961, S6963 [17JY], S6978, S7048, S7049, S7050, S7060 [18JY], S7232, S7233 [23JY], S7284, S7316, S7317, S7318 [24JY], S7382 [25JY], S7435 [26JY], S7589, S7590, S7591, S7592, S7593, S7594, S7598, S7601, S7611 [30JY]
Articles and editorials
Delivering Ms. Kline's Baby, S7530 [30JY]
Editorials and Opinions About Medical Malpractice Claims (excerpts), S7517-S7519 [30JY]
Finding a Formula for Medicare Drug Benefits, S7623 [31JY]
Top 50 Law Firm List Shows 9 in Mississippi, S7517 [30JY]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (H.R. 1862): consideration (see H. Res. 517), H6085 [5SE]
Cloture motions
Enact (S. 812), S7299 [24JY], S7462 [29JY], S7633 [31JY]
———motion to proceed, S6798 [15JY], S6883 [17JY]
Cost Estimates
Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs: CBO, S7024 [18JY], S7537 [30JY]
Excerpts
Legislation on the safety of the reimportation of prescription drugs, S6927 [17JY]
Letters
Certify safety and cost savings relative to commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada: Donna E. Shalala, Dept. of HHS, S6910 [17JY]
———Lester M. Crawford, FDA, S6913 [17JY]
———Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S6910 [17JY]
Health care liability reform: Michael D. Maves, AMA, S7406 [26JY]
———Steven C. Williams, State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Co., S7408 [26JY]
Medicaid reimbursements to States: Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S7333 [25JY]
Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs: several health care organizations, S7545 [30JY]
———William D. Novelli, AARP, S10532 [16OC]
———William D. Novelli, Cecil Malone, and Maria Reynolds-Diaz, AARP, S7100 [19JY]
Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Act: Barbara Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S7021 [18JY]
———Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, S7021 [18JY]
———Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, S7021 [18JY]
———James Firman, National Council on the Aging, S7020 [18JY]
———Kathleen Jaeger, Generic Pharmaceutical Association, S7020 [18JY]
———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S7021 [18JY]
———William D. Novelli, AARP, S7020 [18JY]
———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, S7021 [18JY]
Medicare voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program: William D. Novelli, AARP, S7210, S7217 [23JY], S7283 [24JY]
Provisions: Abbey S. Meyers, National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc., S7641 [31JY]
———Carl B. Feldbaum, Biotechnology Industry Organization, S6994 [18JY], S7570 [30JY]
———Coalition for a Competitive Pharmaceutical Market, S6845 [16JY], S7641, S7648 [31JY]
———D. Michael Fisher, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, S7636 [31JY]
———Dick Wagoner, Jr., General Motors Corp., S7641 [31JY]
———Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, S7636 [31JY]
———James E. Rogan, Patent and Trademark Office, S7571 [30JY]
———Janell Mayo Duncan, Consumers Union, S7642 [31JY]
———Jody Hunter, Business for Affordable Medicine (organization), S6845 [16JY], S7648 [31JY]
———Kathleen D. Jaeger, Generic Pharmaceutical Association, S7641 [31JY]
———Michael K. Kirk, American Intellectual Property Law Association, S7346 [25JY]
———Senator Kennedy, S7026-S7028 [18JY]
———Stephen Mulloney, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, S6995 [18JY]
Lists
Opponents and supporters of S. 812, provisions, S7638 [31JY]
Motions
Enact (S. 812), S7206 [23JY], S7283 [24JY], S7534 [30JY], S7633 [31JY]
Questions and answers
Proposal to provide Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7624 [31JY]
Remarks in House
Enact (H.R. 1862), H2110 [7MY], H6268 [17SE], H6377, H6387, H6390, H6393, H6394, H6398 [19SE]
Remarks in Senate
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans, S7535 [30JY]
Dept. of HHS: certify safety and cost savings relative to commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S6910-S6922, S6925-S6930 [17JY]
Drugs: enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs, S7565-S7571 [30JY], S7645 [31JY]
Enact (S. 812), S6802, S6811 [15JY], S6873 [16JY], S6883-S6931 [17JY], S6968-S6972, S6976-S7016, S7019-S7028 [18JY], S7093-S7100 [19JY], S7127, S7134-S7158 [22JY], S7180-S7189, S7194-S7218 [23JY], S7244-S7246, S7249-S7263, S7282-S7299 [24JY], S7327-S7336, S7340, S7342-S7350, S7366 [25JY], S7398-S7413, S7423, S7424 [26JY], S7457, S7460, S7464 [29JY], S7505, S7514-S7551, S7565-S7571, S7614-S7616 [30JY], S7618-S7651 [31JY], S7849-S7851, S7853-S7858, S7875-S7878 [1AU], S8630, S8631 [17SE], S9182 [25SE], S10407 [15OC]
———motion to proceed, S6797-S6801 [15JY], S6818-S6829, S6831-S6858 [16JY], S6878-S6883 [17JY]
———unanimous-consent agreement, S7545 [30JY]
Health: provide for health care liability reform, S7398 [26JY], S7448 [29JY], S7516-S7535 [30JY]
Medicaid: increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S7285-S7299 [24JY], S7328-S7336 [25JY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S6802, S6811 [15JY], S6890-S6892, S6894, S6922-S6926 [17JY], S6969-S6971, S7019-S7026 [18JY], S7095-S7100 [19JY], S7134-S7158 [22JY], S7180-S7189, S7194-S7207, S7216 [23JY], S7244-S7246 [24JY], S7327, S7366 [25JY], S7423, S7424 [26JY], S7464 [29JY], S7505, S7514, S7535-S7551, S7565, S7614-S7616 [30JY], S7618, S7642, S7646, S7647, S7649-S7651 [31JY], S7840, S7849-S7851, S7853-S7858 [1AU]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure, S7022-S7026 [18JY], S7093-S7100 [19JY], S7134-S7146, S7157 [22JY], S7180-S7189, S7194-S7207, S7210 [23JY], S7464 [29JY], S7514-S7516, S7543-S7547 [30JY], S7621, S7626, S7627 [31JY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program, S6924-S6926 [17JY], S7207-S7218 [23JY], S7249-S7263, S7282, S7283 [24JY]
———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain transplant patients, S7366 [25JY]
Pharmaceuticals: bioequivalence standards for generic drugs, S6993-S6996 [18JY]
———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S6894-S6922, S6925-S6930 [17JY]
———require companies to disclose any gifts or incentives given to doctors or health care providers and require manufacturers to disclose any rebates given to pharmaceutical benefits managers, S7007 [18JY]
States: clarify authority to enter into drug rebate agreements with manufacturers in order to provide prescription drug coverage to individuals not covered by Medicaid, S6978-S6982, S7010-S7016 [18JY]
Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent, S7260 [24JY]
Reports filed
Provisions: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 812), S6649 [11JY]
Statements
No Help for Retirees With Employer or Union Coverage From Graham, S7624 [31JY]
Provisions: David Beier, S7346 [25JY]
———Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, S7637 [31JY]
Tables
Cost to States of proposal to provide Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7623 [31JY]
Coverage gap in proposal to provide Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7623 [31JY]
Distribution of Federal individual income tax liability—2001, S7262 [24JY]
Distribution of Federal tax liability—2001, S7262 [24JY]
Distributional effects of conference agreement to H.R. 1836, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, S7261 [24JY]
Revenue effects of H.R. 2143, Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act, S7261 [24JY]
Texts of