A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to strike the language that prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from negotiating prices for prescription drugs furnished under the medicare program.
Efficiency in Government Health Care Spending Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as added by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to repeal the prohibition against the Secretary of Health and Human Services' negotiating with drug manufacturers and pharmacies and Medicare prescription drug plan sponsors concerning the prices of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16133)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S16133)
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