Make Medicine Affordable Act
Latest action · Apr 12, 2022 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.
- IntroducedApr 11, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Make Medicine Affordable Act
This bill establishes several programs and requirements to address the prices of prescription drugs, including (1) requiring the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate the prices of certain brand-name drugs and insulin under Medicare, (2) capping annual out-of-pocket spending under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and (3) limiting cost-sharing for insulin products.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 12, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 11, 2022Introduced in House
- Apr 11, 2022Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2815 | BIOSIM Act | Related bill | Apr 23, 2021 |
| HR 5376 | Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 | Related bill | Aug 16, 2022 |
| HR 6833 | Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 | Related bill | Sep 30, 2022 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 11, 2022Introduced in House
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