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Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act

USA116th CongressS-3166| Senate 
| Updated: 1/8/2020
Cory A. Booker

Cory A. Booker

Democratic Senator

New Jersey

Cosponsors (2)
Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act This bill addresses prescription drug costs and access. For example, the bill (1) establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the Bureau of Prescription Drug Affordability and Access to review the wholesale acquisition costs of prescription drugs, and (2) authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate Medicare drug prices.
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Timeline
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Jan 8, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • January 8, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 8, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health

Advisory bodiesBusiness recordsCongressional oversightCorporate finance and managementDepartment of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth programs administration and fundingInflation and pricesIntellectual propertyManufacturingPrescription drugsRetail and wholesale trades

Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act

USA116th CongressS-3166| Senate 
| Updated: 1/8/2020
Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act This bill addresses prescription drug costs and access. For example, the bill (1) establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the Bureau of Prescription Drug Affordability and Access to review the wholesale acquisition costs of prescription drugs, and (2) authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate Medicare drug prices.
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Timeline
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Jan 8, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • January 8, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 8, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cory A. Booker

Cory A. Booker

Democratic Senator

New Jersey

Cosponsors (2)
Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advisory bodiesBusiness recordsCongressional oversightCorporate finance and managementDepartment of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth programs administration and fundingInflation and pricesIntellectual propertyManufacturingPrescription drugsRetail and wholesale trades