H.R. 4, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price
Negotiation Act of 2007
Introduced by Rep. John D. Dingell on January 5, 2007
H.R. 4, a bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security
Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services
to negotiate lower covered part D drug prices on
behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.
-- Text of the legislation
Representatives Dingell, Emerson, Rangel, Shea-Porter, and more than 190 of their colleagues in the House today introduced a bill that would require the government to negotiate for lower drug prices for American seniors and people with disabilities in the Medicare program.
-- Read the News Release (Jan. 5, 2007)
"H.R. 4 --
Common Sense Tells You It Saves Money"
-- January 11, 2007, Dear Colleague Letter
Text and Status of H.R. 4 (links to Thomas, Legislative Information System)
Organizations that Support H.R. 4
- AARP (Jan. 5, 2007, letter of support)
- AFL-CIO (Jan. 10, 2007, letter of support)
- African American Health Alliance
- ‘Ahahui o na Kauka, the Association of Native Hawaiian Physicians
- AIDS Action (Jan. 8, 2007, letter of support)
- Alliance for Retired Americans (Jan. 5, 2007, letter of support)
- American Federation of Teachers (Jan. 10, 2007, letter of support)
- American Nurses Association (Jan. 8, 2007, letter of support)
- Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
- Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
- Breast Cancer Action (Jan. 11, 2007, letter of support)
- Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. (Jan. 5, 2007, letter of support)
- Consumers Union (Jan. 9, 2007, letter of support)
- FamiliesUSA (Jan. 5, 2007, letter of support)
- Latin American Caucus of the American Public Health Association
- Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (Jan. 5, 2007, letter of support)
- League of United Latin American Citizens (Jan. 8, 2007, letter of support)
- Medicare Rights Center (Jan. 5, 2007, letter of support)
- National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (Jan. 9, 2007, letter of support)
- National Council of La Raza (Jan. 10, 2007, letter of support)
- National Council on Independent Living (Jan. 10, 2007, letter of support)
- National Health Law Program, Inc. (Jan. 5, 2007, letter of support)
- National Hispanic Medical Association
- Native American Project Center
- Out of Many, One
- Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Coalition
- Service Employees International Union (Jan. 5, 2007, letter of support)
- Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc
- UAW (Jan. 9, 2007, letter of support)
- U.S. PIRG (Jan. 5, 2007, letter of support)
- United Steel Works (Jan. 10, 2007, letter of support)
- YWCA USA (Jan. 9, 2007, letter of support)
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