Medicare's Equitable Drugs for Seniors Act of 2005
Latest action · Feb 25, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 26, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare's Equitable Drugs for Seniors Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal provisions prohibiting the Secretary of Health and Human Services from: (1) interfering with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors; and (2) requiring a particular formulary to institute a price structure for the reimbursement of covered Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drugs.
Grants the Secretary instead, in order to ensure that beneficiaries enrolled under prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans pay the lowest possible price, authority similar to that of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other Federal agencies and departments that purchase prescription drugs in bulk to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of covered Medicare part D drugs, consistent with the requirements and in furtherance of the goals of providing quality care and containing costs under such part.
Cosponsors 167
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 26, 2005 to Jul 13, 2006; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | Jan 26, 2005 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Jan 26, 2005 |
| D-FL | Jim Davis | Original | Jan 26, 2005 |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Original | Jan 26, 2005 |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Original | Jan 26, 2005 |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Original | Jan 26, 2005 |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Original | Jan 26, 2005 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Feb 2, 2005 | |
| R-MN | Gil Gutknecht | Feb 2, 2005 | |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | Feb 2, 2005 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Feb 2, 2005 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Feb 2, 2005 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Feb 2, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Feb 2, 2005 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Chet Edwards | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Feb 14, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Feb 14, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Feb 14, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Feb 14, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Feb 14, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Feb 14, 2005 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Feb 14, 2005 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Feb 14, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Feb 14, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Ike Skelton | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Paul E. Kanjorski | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Mar 9, 2005 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Mar 9, 2005 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Mar 9, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Mar 9, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Mar 9, 2005 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Mar 9, 2005 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Mar 16, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Mar 17, 2005 | |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Mar 17, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Martin Olav Sabo | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Apr 14, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Apr 14, 2005 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Apr 14, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Apr 14, 2005 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | May 3, 2005 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | May 5, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | May 12, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | May 18, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | May 18, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | May 18, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | May 18, 2005 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | May 24, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | May 24, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | May 24, 2005 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | May 24, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | May 26, 2005 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 24, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Jul 12, 2005 | |
| D-LA | Charlie Melancon | Jul 12, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 12, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jul 12, 2005 | |
| D-WI | David R. Obey | Jul 21, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Jul 27, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Sep 13, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Nov 4, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | Feb 16, 2006 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Feb 16, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Mar 1, 2006 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 16, 2006 | |
| D-WV | Alan B. Mollohan | Mar 28, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Mar 28, 2006 | |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Mar 30, 2006 | |
| R-AZ | Rick Renzi | Mar 30, 2006 | |
| R-VA | Jo Ann Davis | May 3, 2006 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | May 17, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Jul 13, 2006 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 26, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 25, 2005 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 26, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 14, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 14, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 26, 2005Introduced in House
- Jan 26, 2005Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 6
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Discharge petition H12169 | — | Dec 17, 2005 |
| House | Discharge petition H11329 | — | Dec 8, 2005 |
| House | Debate and remarks H9934 | Marcy Kaptur D-OH | Nov 7, 2005 |
| House | Discharge petition H4144 | — | May 26, 2005 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3758 | Kendrick B. Meek D-FL, Tim Ryan D-OH | May 23, 2005 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-14 | DOMESTIC ENTITLEMENTS AND THE FEDERAL BUDGET62 pages | Budget Committee | Feb 15, 2006 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL32961 | Veterans’ Health Care Issues in the 109th Congress Archived | Report | Oct 26, 2006 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 267 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 376) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate fair prices for Medicare prescription drugs on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries. | Procedurally related | May 18, 2005 |
| S 445 | Medicare Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act of 2005 | Related bill | Feb 17, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate fair prices for Medicare prescription drugs on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medicare's Equitable Drugs for Seniors Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 26, 2005Introduced in House
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