House Bill 7497
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Make Medicine Affordable Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Apr 11, 2022
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
7497
Congress
117
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
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.
April 11, 2022
04/12/2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
04/11/2022
Referred 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.
04/11/2022
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Dec 29, 2022 11:03:23 PM