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)