MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG, IMPROVEMENT, AND MODERNIZATION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Medicare: permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs (see S. 239), S738 [1FE]

———permit Puerto Rico to qualify for Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 4206), H9555 [2NO]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H233 [26JA]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 376), consideration (see H. Res. 267), H3055 [5MY]

———prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in Texas (see H.R. 1280), H1416 [14MR]

———provide additional beneficiary protections (see H.R. 2487), H3693 [19MY]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see S. 123), S145 [24JA] (see S. 445), S1623 [17FE]

———repeal Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund (see S. 124), S145 [24JA]

———repeal reduction in payment for therapeutic shoes and inserts for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1416), H1693 [17MR]

Letters

Negotiation of fair prices for Medicare prescription drugs: David P. Sloane, AARP, S12283 [2NO]

Remarks in House

Dept. of HHS: prohibit distribution of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries' personal information to private companies for marketing purposes, H5150, H5156 [24JN]

House of Representatives: bribery allegations relative to Representative Nick Smith's vote on Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, H994 [8MR]

Medicare: cost of prescription drug benefit coverage implementation, H11275 [8DE], H11510 [14DE]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries, H11275 [8DE], H11331 [12DE], H12055 [17DE], E2445 [6DE]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 376), H3758 [23MY], H9934 [7NO]

———prescription drug benefit coverage, H9968 [8NO], H10149 [10NO], H10164, H10166, H10167, H10190, H10193, H10195, H10208-H10214 [15NO], H10231, H10232, H10233 [16NO], H11115, H11116, H11184 [7DE], H11508, H11509, H11510 [14DE], H11659 [15DE], E2394 [17NO]

———prescription drug discount card program implementation, H3046 [5MY]

———prohibit Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens, H5123-H5125 [24JN]

———provide additional beneficiary protections (H.R. 2487), E1046 [20MY]

Pharmaceuticals: require pharmacists manage and monitor medications for patients with chronic illness, H8737 [7OC]

Social Security: implementation and funding, H1757-H1763 [5AP]

Remarks in Senate

Medicare: permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs, S2821-S2825 [16MR], S2921, S2953 [17MR]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs (S. 239), S745-S747 [1FE], S877 [2FE], S1152 [9FE], S1252, S1253 [10FE], S1321 [14FE], S1597 [17FE]

———prescription drug discount card program implementation, S132-S134 [24JA]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs, S12282-S12284 [2NO], S12324, S12325, S12346 [3NO]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (S. 123), S315 [24JA]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (S. 445), S1658 [17FE], S13342 [18NO]

———repeal Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund (S. 124), S316 [24JA]

Texts of

S. 123, Efficiency in Government Health Care Spending Act, S315 [24JA]

S. 124, repeal Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund, S316 [24JA]

S. 445, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act, S1659 [17FE]