HR-7497 : Still Just a Bill

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.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2022-04-12CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
2022-04-11IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2022-04-11IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2022-04-11IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2022-04-11IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
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Policy Area :

Health
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