H.R. 1536 - Prescription Coverage Now Act of 2007
- Sponsor:
- Lloyd Doggett
- Summary:
- Status:
- The bill has been introduced.
Prescription Coverage Now Act of 2007
H.R. 1536 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to assist low-income individuals in obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage under the Medicare prescription drug program by expediting the application and qualification process and by revising the resource standards used to determine eligibility for such subsidies, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to assist low-income individuals in obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage under the Medicare prescription drug program by expediting the application and qualification process and by revising the resource standards used to determine eligibility for such subsidies, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Prescription Coverage Now Act of 2007
- Sponsor
- Lloyd Doggett
- Co-Sponsors
- Grace Napolitano
- Gwen Moore
- Madeleine Bordallo
- Bob Filner
- Eni Faleomavaega
- Timothy Bishop
- Donna Christensen
- R. Miller
- Sheila Jackson-Lee
- Silvestre Reyes
- Dennis Kucinich
- Robert Scott
- Jerrold Nadler
- Tom Udall
- George Butterfield
- Paul Kanjorski
- Raymond Green
- Barton Gordon
- James McGovern
- John Tierney
- Artur Davis
- John Conyers
- Henry Cuellar
- Raul Grijalva
- Yvette Clarke
- William Delahunt
- Dennis Moore
- Michael Arcuri
- Solomon Ortiz
- Eliot Engel
- Nita Lowey
- Charles Rangel
- Eleanor Norton
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Gregory Meeks
- Robert Wexler
- Sam Farr
- Alcee Hastings
- Melvin Watt
- Kathy Castor
- Dennis Cardoza
- Allyson Schwartz
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
- Keith Ellison
- Jesse Jackson
- Michael McNulty
- Michael Capuano
- Adam Schiff
- Anna Eshoo
- Daniel Lipinski
- Earl Pomeroy
- Gary Ackerman
- Diane Watson
- Jason Altmire
- Michael Michaud
- James Marshall
- Edolphus Towns
- Diana DeGette
- Hilda Solis
- Charles Gonzalez
- Linda Sánchez
- Dale Kildee
- James McDermott
- Chaka Fattah
- Stephen Lynch
- David Wu
- Sanford Bishop
- Donald Payne
- Ron Klein
- Thomas Allen
- Zoe Lofgren
- Tom Lantos
- Bennie Thompson
- Doris Matsui
- Timothy Ryan
- Ciro Rodriguez
- Fortney Stark
- André Carson
- Jerry Costello
- Juanita Millender-McDonald
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- James Langevin
- Nydia Velázquez
- Robert Andrews
- Loretta Sanchez
- Harry Mitchell
- Corrine Brown
- David Loebsack
- Ben Chandler
- Joe Courtney
- Henry Johnson
- Neil Abercrombie
- Rosa DeLauro
- Joseph Crowley
- John Yarmuth
- Kendrick Meek
- Betty McCollum
- Jane Harman
- Lynn Woolsey
- Steven Rothman
- Barbara Lee
- Barney Frank
- Tammy Baldwin
- Maxine Waters
- Phil Hare
- Anthony Weiner
- Al Green
- Steve Israel
- Carolyn Maloney
- Maurice Hinchey
- Robert Berry
- Louise Slaughter
- Joe Sestak
- Bobby Rush
- Carolyn Kilpatrick
- Janice Schakowsky
- José Serrano
- Xavier Becerra
- Peter Welch
- Marcy Kaptur
- Martin Meehan
- Rahm Emanuel
- James Oberstar
- William Clay
- Thomas Edwards
- Mazie Hirono
- Mike McIntyre
- Jay Inslee
- Christopher Van Hollen
- Steve Cohen
- Joe Baca
- Albio Sires
- Danny Davis
- David Price
- Brad Sherman
- Betty Sutton
- John Sarbanes
- Richard Neal
- William Jefferson
- Frederick Boucher
- Bart Stupak
- Michael Honda
- Brian Higgins
- James Moran
- Eddie Johnson
- Susan Davis
- Edward Pastor
- Elijah Cummings
- Earl Blumenauer
- Stephanie Jones
- John Lewis
- Albert Wynn
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Patrick Kennedy
- Shelley Berkley
- Sander Levin
- David Scott
- Howard Berman
- John Olver
- Mike Ross
- Luis Gutiérrez
- Michael Doyle
- Lois Capps
- Henry Waxman
- John Larson
- Rubén Hinojosa
- Peter DeFazio
- Emanuel Cleaver
- William Pascrell
- George Miller
- Julia Carson
- James Clyburn
- Subjects
- Health policy
- Aged
- Coinsurance
- Drugs
- Economic policy
- Finance
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Insurance premiums
- Medical care
- Medical economics
- Medicare
- Medicine
- Prescription pricing
- Tax returns
- Taxation
- Welfare
- Welfare eligibility
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 3/15/2007 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 3/15/2007 3/15/2007 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 3/15/2007 Referred to House Energy and Commerce 3/15/2007 Referred to House Ways and Means 3/16/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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