HR 5461
Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act of 2023
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Bill overview
This bill, the Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act of 2023, aims to make prescription drugs more affordable for Medicare beneficiaries. It requires prescription drug plans (PDPs) to include certain generic drugs and biosimilar biological products on their formularies, prioritizing them over more expensive brand-name drugs. The bill also prohibits PDPs from imposing restrictions on access to these lower-cost alternatives that are more stringent than those applied to the original brand-name drugs.
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Ann M. Kuster
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