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
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
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.
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