Congress 115 - HR 5150 - Protecting Medicare from Excessive Price Increases Act of 2018

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Business records Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Health Health care costs and insurance Inflation and prices Manufacturing Medicare Prescription drugs

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Protecting Medicare from Excessive Price Increases Act of 2018

This bill requires a drug manufacturer to pay a Medicare rebate on a single-source drug or biological in accordance with the extent to which the manufacturer's average sales price for the drug or biological increases faster than inflation.

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Mar 9, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 2, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 1, 2018

Referred 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.
Mar 1, 2018

Introduced in House

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