S1186Referred to Committee
Lower Drug Costs for Families Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-03-27
Introduced
13
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Catherine Cortez Masto
Democrat · NV · Senator
Votes with party: 78.8% (841 recorded votes)
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Cosponsors (13)
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Committee Activity
Previously
- Senate Committee on FinanceReferred To · 2025-03-27
Plain-English Summary
Lower Drug Costs for Families Act This bill applies certain Medicare prescription drug rebate requirements to prescription drugs that are available under private health insurance. Current law requires drug manufacturers to issue rebates to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for brand-name drugs without generic equivalents under Medicare that (1) cost $100 or more per year per individual, and (2) for which prices increase faster than inflation. Manufacturers that fail to comply are subject to civil penalties. The bill applies these requirements to prescription drugs that are available in the commercial market under private health insurance. It also indexes rebate calculations to drug prices in 2016 (as opposed to 2021).
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Health
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