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108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3707
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 20, 2004
Mr. Moore (for himself, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Burton
of Indiana, Mr. Emanuel, and Mr. Wamp) introduced the following bill;
which was 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
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A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare's Equitable Drugs for
Seniors Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. NEGOTIATING FAIR PRICES FOR MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ON
BEHALF OF MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES.
Section 1860D-11 of the Social Security Act, as added by section
101(a) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003, is amended by striking subsection (i)
(relating to noninterference) and by inserting the following:
``(i) Authority to Negotiate Prices With Manufacturers.--In order
to ensure that beneficiaries enrolled under prescription drug plans and
MA-PD plans pay the lowest possible price, the Secretary shall have
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 part D drugs, consistent with
the requirements and in furtherance of the goals of providing quality
care and containing costs under this part.''.
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