To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the timing of changes to the annual out-of-pocket threshold for the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and to amend title XI of such Act with respect to the timing of the Medicare drug price negotiation program.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the timing of changes to the annual out-of-pocket threshold for the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and to amend title XI of such Act with respect to the timing of the Medicare drug price negotiation program., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Immigration, Social Welfare.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H0D2F217E5F434FCF8471F45FF4B90F59: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lower Drug Costs Today Act.
- Section H728551DD6FAB41A5BA2FFE7811770AA4: 2. Timing of changes to annual out-of-pocket threshold for Medicare prescription drug benefit Section 1860D–2(b)(4)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C....
- Section H7F9C3FC3839545DEB4D7631422590F21: 3. Timing of Medicare drug price negotiation program Part E of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320f et seq.) is amended— in section 1191— in...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the timing of changes to the annual out-of-pocket threshold for the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and to amend title XI of such Act with respect to the timing of the Medicare drug price negotiation program., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Immigration, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the timing of changes to the annual out-of-pocket threshold for the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and to amend title XI of such Act with respect to the timing of the Medicare drug price negotiation program., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- health care providers and patients
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Mr. Magaziner introduced the following bill
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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