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PING Act

USA117th CongressS-1123| Senate 
| Updated: 4/14/2021
Marsha Blackburn

Marsha Blackburn

Republican Senator

Tennessee

Cosponsors (1)
Chuck Grassley (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Preserving Innovation for the Next Generation Act or the PING Act This bill expresses the sense of the Senate that the current restrictions prohibiting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from negotiating the prices or establishing a formulary for drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit should not be repealed. The bill also prohibits the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation from testing any model that would repeal or require a waiver of such restrictions.
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Timeline
Apr 14, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Apr 14, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • April 14, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 14, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Health

Competition and antitrustHealth care costs and insuranceInflation and pricesMedicarePrescription drugs

PING Act

USA117th CongressS-1123| Senate 
| Updated: 4/14/2021
Preserving Innovation for the Next Generation Act or the PING Act This bill expresses the sense of the Senate that the current restrictions prohibiting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from negotiating the prices or establishing a formulary for drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit should not be repealed. The bill also prohibits the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation from testing any model that would repeal or require a waiver of such restrictions.
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Timeline
Apr 14, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Apr 14, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • April 14, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 14, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Marsha Blackburn

Marsha Blackburn

Republican Senator

Tennessee

Cosponsors (1)
Chuck Grassley (Republican)

Finance Committee

Health

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Competition and antitrustHealth care costs and insuranceInflation and pricesMedicarePrescription drugs