TABLE 1.
Federal Legislative and Administrative Efforts to Address Drug Pricing
| Bill | House | Senate | Constrain Drug Price Inflation | Biosimilar Reform | Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform | Patent Reform and Generic Entry Reform | Enhanced Negotiating Authority for Drug Prices | Reduced Out-of-Pocket Expenses for Patients | Address the Disconnect Between Drug Price and Value | Curb Systems That Reward Use of High-Priced Drugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acting to Cancel Copays and Ensure Substantial Savings for Biosimilars (ACCESS) Act | HR 4597 | S 3466 | X | X | ||||||
| Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act | HR 4913 | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Lower Drug Costs Now Act | HR 3 | X | X | X | ||||||
| Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 | S 2543 | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 | HR 19 | X | X | X | X | |||||
| C-THRU Act of 2019 | S 476 | X | X | |||||||
| Prescription Drug Sunshine, Transparency, Accountability and Reporting (STAR) Act of 2019 | HR 2113 | X | X | X | ||||||
| Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019 | S 1416 | X | X | |||||||
| CREATES Act of 2019 | HR 965 | S 340 | X | X | ||||||
| Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2019 | HR 1499 | X | X | |||||||
| Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act | HR 2375 | S 64 | X | X | ||||||
| 2016 CMS Proposed Rule | N/A | X | X | |||||||
| American Patients First: The Trump Administration Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs | N/A | X | X | X | X |