H.R. 7497 · 117th Congress
Make Medicine Affordable Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Elissa Slotkin
- Introduced
- 2022-04-11
- Latest action
- 2022-04-12 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
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.