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- https://courtney.house.gov/issues/lower-drug-costs-now-act...The Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) addresses these problems by: Directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to directly negotiate the price of up to 300 prescription drugs which cost the American people and Medicare the most money, and making that lower price available to all private insurance plans as well as Medicare. Charging drug manufacturers, a rebate if they increase the price of their drug faster than inflation. ...
- https://morelle.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-joe-morelle-takes-action-lower-prescription-drug-costs...“The skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs has trapped too many families in a cycle of economic distress that threatens their health and financial security," said Congressman Joe Morelle . “The Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act will create significant cost-savings for our families and ensure no one is forced to ration medication or skip a refill just to make ends meet. ...
- https://graves.house.gov/media/e-newsletters/securing-border...Just last year, they also confiscated over 275,000 pounds of illicit drugs that were headed for our shores. That’s why I made sure to include in the One Big Beautiful Bill a $24.6 billion investment in the Coast Guard, so they are able to better protect our border and national security. ...
- https://youngkim.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/Lower-Health-Care-Premiums-for-All-Americans-Act.pdf...G:\P\19\H\MISC\HEALTH-PKGE-DEC_01.XML g:\VHLC\121225\121225.074.xml (1036232|5) 34 tion or step therapy) employed for 1 drugs in that class; and 2 ‘‘(VII) the total out-of-pocket 3 spending under the plan or coverage 4 by participants and beneficiaries, in-5 cluding spending through copayments, 6 coinsurance, and deductibles, but not 7 including any amounts spent by par-8 ticipants and beneficiaries on drugs 9 not covered under the plan or cov-10 erage or for which no claim is sub-11 mitted under the plan or coverage; 12 ‘‘(iii) with respect to any drug for 13 which gross spending under the group 14 health plan or health insurance coverage 15 exceeded $10,000 during the reporting pe-16 riod or, in the case that gross spending 17 under the group health plan or coverage 18 exceeded $10,000 during the reporting pe-19 riod with respect to fewer than 50 drugs, 20 with respect to the 50 prescription drugs 21 with the highest spending during the re-22 porting period— 23 December 12, 2025 (3:18 p.m.) ...
- https://krishnamoorthi.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-raja-krishnamoorthi-joins-bipartisan-group-lawmakers-introduce-pbm...In January, Congressman Krishnamoorthi toured Del-Kar Drugs in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, where he spoke about how pharmacy closures are hurting people of color. Congressman Krishnamoorthi also cited data that between 2015 and 2020 in Chicago, more than half of pharmacy closures came in majority Black and Latino neighborhoods. ...
- https://pallone.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/pallone-evo.house.gov/files/2019%20Newsletter.pdf...Congressman Pallone also secured House passage of legislation to bring more affordable generic drugs to market to lower the prices of prescription drugs. One estimate found that drug prices decrease by 50 percent when two generics become available to consumers. Now the Congressman is working to pass legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills. ...
- Rep. Courtney Convenes Community Discussion in Groton on Fight to Lower Prescription Drug Prices | Chttps://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-courtney-convenes-community-discussion-groton-fight-lower..."In Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, like many other chronic diseases, patients face astronomical costs for their drugs, and they only continue to rise," said Laura Hoch of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. "While many people who are first diagnosed are not of the age for Medicare, this disease isn't fatal – people live with it for decades, so eventually they are aging into the Medicare population, and facing those catastrophic coverage prices that Congressman Courtney mentioned in his opening remarks, where they're paying 5% of drugs that are sometimes 80 and 90 thousand dollars. ...
- Representatives Dexter, Nadler, and Omar Introduce Bill to Ban Prescription Drug Ads | Representativhttps://dexter.house.gov/media/press-releases/representatives-dexter-nadler-and-omar-introduce-bill-ban-prescription-drug...In the first half of this year, Big Pharma spent over $1 billion on direct-to-consumer advertisements for just ten drugs. Additionally, in 2020 more money was spent on ads for prescription drugs with a lower added clinical benefit than those with a higher added benefit. Banning prescription drug ads is a commonsense reform. ...
- https://jordan.house.gov/helping-you/help-federal-agency/medicare/medicare-part-b...Congressman Jim Jordan Skip to main content 2056 Rayburn House Office Building Email Me (202) 225-2676 About Jim Biography Awards Committees Issues Agriculture Budget and Fiscal Issues Defense Education Energy and Natural Resources Government Reform Healthcare Immigration Pro-Life and Family Issues Social Security Taxes Veterans Newsroom Press Releases Columns Blog Videos Photos Helping You Help with a Federal Agency Grant Applicants Tours and Tickets Flags Art Competition Internships Service Academy Nominations More Services Don't Be Scammed Legislation Sponsored Co-Sponsored Contact Jim Email Jim Meeting Request Home Medicare Medicare Part B Does Medicare Part B pay for prescription drugs? Currently, Medicare does not include a prescription drug benefit. However, if coverage guidelines are met, Medicare allows payment for some immunosuppressive, oral, anti-emetic and nebulizer drugs. ...
- https://aguilar.house.gov/2022/09/13/rep-aguilar-releases-data-showing-lower-health-care-costs-for-the-inland-empire/...Aguilar Releases Data Showing Lower Health Care Costs for the Inland Empire $980 savings for health care coverage and $200 for prescription drugs SAN BERNARDINO, CA — Rep. Pete Aguilar today announced that families in the Inland Empire will soon see more affordable prescription drugs and lower health insurance premiums because of key provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act: extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits and allowing Medicare to negotiate directly with drug companies on the price of prescription drugs. ...