US SB475 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Eliminates beneficiary cost-sharing above the Medicare prescription drug benefit's annual out-of-pocket threshold beginning in plan year 2020. Under current law, the Medicare prescription drug benefit provides coverage above that threshold only with cost-sharing in the form of either copayment or coinsurance.
Title
Reducing Existing Costs Associated with Pharmaceuticals for Seniors Act of 2019 RxCAP Act of 2019
Sponsors
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR] | Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO] | Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] |
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] | Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE] | Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV] |
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA] | Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-02-13 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
SB1129 (Related) 2019-04-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/475/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s475/BILLS-116s475is.pdf |