H.R. 1277 · 110th Congress
Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- G.K. Butterfield
- Introduced
- 2007-03-01
- Latest action
- 2007-03-07 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on how to eliminate the gap in benefits for covered part D drugs under the Medicare prescription drug program under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII of the Social Security Act after a part D eligible individual's costs exceed the initial coverage limit, and before the individual obtains protection against high out-of-pocket expenditures.