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In January 2007, the 110th United States House of Representatives approved H.R. 4, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act, [1] a bill to require federal officials to negotiate with drug companies for lower prices for the 23 million senior citizens who have signed up for Medicare's prescription drug coverage. The bill was never passed into law. It would have repealed a ban on letting the government negotiate with manufacturers for lower prices — a provision that was part of the GOP-sponsored 2003 measure called the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, which created the prescription drug program. [2]

Legislative history

Congress Short title Bill number(s) Date introduced Sponsor(s) # of cosponsors Latest status
110th Congress Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 H.R. 4 January 5, 2007 John Dingell

(D-MI)

198 Passed House (255-170) [3]
S. 3 January 4, 2007 Harry Reid

(D-NV)

17 Cloture not invoked (55-42)
111th Congress Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2010 H.R. 4752 March 3, 2010 Peter Welch

(D-VT)

81 Died in committee
S. 3413 May 25, 2010 Russ Feingold

(D-WI)

0 Died in committee
112th Congress Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011 H.R. 2248 June 21, 2011 Peter Welch

(D-VT)

29 Died in committee
S. 44 January 25, 2011 Amy Klobuchar

(D-MN)

8 Died in committee
113th Congress Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2013 H.R. 1102 March 12, 2013 Peter Welch

(D-VT)

40 Died in committee
S. 117 January 23, 2013 Amy Klobuchar

(D-MN)

8 Died in committee
114th Congress Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2015 H.R. 3061 July 14, 2015 Peter Welch

(D-VT)

33 Died in committee
S. 31 January 6, 2015 Amy Klobuchar

(D-MN)

9 Died in committee
115th Congress Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017 H.R. 242 January 4, 2017 Peter Welch

(D-VT)

45 Died in committee
S. 41 January 5, 2017 Amy Klobuchar

(D-MN)

13 Died in committee
116th Congress Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019 H.R. 275 January 8, 2019 Peter Welch

(D-VT)

37 Died in committee
117th Congress Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 H.R. 2071 March 18, 2021 Peter Welch

(D-VT)

12 Referred to committee

References

  1. ^ Prescription Drug Price Comparison by www.ePharmacies.com
  2. ^ House OKs bill on cost of drugs, LA Times, 1/13/07.
  3. ^ clerk.house.gov/Votes/200723


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