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Health bills

Lower Drug Costs Now Act

The Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3): Passed the House. The Senate did not vote on it.

What it does, in brief

  • Would have required Medicare to negotiate prices for certain high-cost drugs.
  • Would have capped out-of-pocket drug costs for people on Medicare.
  • Would have required drug makers to pay rebates when prices rose faster than inflation.

Full text and history on Congress.gov

House: December 12, 2019

House vote to pass the bill. Result: 230 to 192. Official roll call

Of today’s members, 136 voted yes and 103 voted no in this roll call. Members who were not in office then are not listed.

Voted yes

Voted no

Open the interactive bill page: who lobbied on it, and every member’s vote