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Better Deals and Lower Prices Act
Legislative Progress
Introduced
July 25, 2023
Latest Action
December 17, 2024
Primary Sponsor
Jodey C. ArringtonRepublican(TX)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
95pct
511d open
vs 10,564 other HR bills in the 118th — cohort avg 68d
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2024 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 3561, Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act of 2023 (PATIENT Act), advocating concerns over additional reporting requirements regarding PBMs. HR 4822, Healthcare Transparency Act of 2023, advocating concerns over certain reporting requirements regarding PBMs. HR 4846, Better Deals and Lower Prices Act of 2023, advocating concerns over certain reporting requirements that would be imposed on PBMs. Advocacy on behalf of PBMs on various House oversight hearings. Advocate against any and all proposed PBM legislation for inclusion in December 21, 2024 Continuing Resolution.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2024 · third_quarter · Health Issues
HR 3561, Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act of 2023 (PATIENT Act), advocating concerns over additional reporting requirements regarding PBMs. HR 4822, Healthcare Transparency Act of 2023, advocating concerns over certain reporting requirements regarding PBMs. HR 4846, Better Deals and Lower Prices Act of 2023, advocating concerns over certain reporting requirements that would be imposed on PBMs. Advocacy on behalf of PBMs on various House oversight hearings.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2024 · second_quarter · Health Issues
HR 3561, Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act of 2023 (PATIENT Act), advocating concerns over additional reporting requirements regarding PBMs. HR 4822, Healthcare Transparency Act of 2023, advocating concerns over certain reporting requirements regarding PBMs. HR 4846, Better Deals and Lower Prices Act of 2023, advocating concerns over certain reporting requirements that would be imposed on PBMs. Advocacy on behalf of PBMs on various House oversight hearings.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2024 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Issues related to prescription drug coverage and pharmacy benefits Issues related to the prescription drug marketplace, patents, and competition Regulatory and proposed legislative changes to Medicare Part D and Medicaid prescription drug benefits S.113 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act S.127 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S.142 - Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S.148 - Stop STALLING Act S.150 - Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act S.652 - Safe Step Act S.655 - Chronic Disease Management Act S.727 - Insulin for All Act S.775 - Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act S.954 - Affordable Insulin Now Act S.1038 - Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act S.1067 - Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act S.1114 - Expanding Access to Low-Cost Generics Act S.1120 - Improved Access to Affordable Medications Act S.1128 - Ensuring Access to Generic Medications Act S.1130 - Health Care PRICE Transparency Act S.1131 - Drug Price Transparency Act S.1217 - Ending the Prescription Drug Kickback Act S.1218 - Fair Prescription Drug Prices for Americans Act S.1269 - INSULIN Act S.1339 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act S.1375 - HELP Copays Act S.1497 - Emergency Access to Insulin Act S.1491 - Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act S.1542 - Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging (DRUG) Act S.1543 - A bill to require regulations concerning the disclosure of direct and indirect compensation from entities providing pharmacy benefit management services or third party administration services S.1967 - Patients Before Middlemen (PBM) Act S.2052 - Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act S.2129 - Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act S.2254 - Medicare PBM Accountability Act S.2405 - Strengthening Pharmacy Access for Seniors Act S.2406 - PBM Oversight Act S.2408 - IMPROVE Part D Regulations Act S.2436 - Neighborhood Options for Patients Buying Medicines (NO PBM) Act S.2456 - Protecting Seniors from High Drug Costs Act S.2474 - Share the Savings with Seniors Act S.2477 - Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act S.2493 - PBM Reporting Transparency Act S.2666 - EPCS 2.0 Act S.2840 - Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act (Bruan Amendment #3 - Price Transparency Requirements) S.2939 - Pharmacy Access Oversight and Reporting Act S.2973 - Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act S.3430 - Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act H.R.830 - HELP Copays Act H.R.1352 - Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act H.R.1488 - Affordable Insulin Now Act H.R.1587 - Making Insulin Affordable for All Children Act H.R.1613 - Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act H.R.1770 - Equitable Community Access to Pharmacists Act H.R.1790 - Biologics Competition Act H.R.2630 - Safe Step Act H.R.2666 - Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act H.R.2670 - PBM Accountability Act H.R.2691 - Transparent PRICE Act H.R.2880 - Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act H.R.3030 - Stop the Overuse of Petitions and Get Affordable Medicines to Enter Soon (STOP GAMES) Act H.R.3134 - Emergency Access to Insulin Act H.R.3262 - to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to increase transparency of certain health-related ownership information H.R.3281 - Transparent PRICE Act H.R.3282 - Promoting Transparency and Health Competition in Medicare Act H.R.3285 - Fairness for Patient Medications H.R.3561- Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency (PATIENT) Act H.R.3800 - Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act H.R.4011 - Timely Access to Clinical Treatment Act H.R.4507 - Transparency in Coverage Act H.R.4508 - Hidden Fee Disclosure Act H.R.4509 - Transparency in Billing Act H.R.4527 - Health Data Act H.R.4712 - Patient Right to Shop Act H.R.4822 - Health Care Price Transparency Act H.R.4846 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for oversight of pharmacy benefit manager services H.R.4881 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit cost sharing for drugs under the Medicare program H.R.4883 - Medicare Common Ownership Transparency Act H.R.5372 - Expanding Seniors Access to Lower Cost Medicines Act H.R.5376 - Share the Savings with Seniors Act H.R.5378 - Lower Costs More Transparency Act H.R.5384 - Advancing Enrollment and Reducing Drug Costs Act H.R.5385 - Medicare PBM Accountability Act H.R.5386 - Cutting Copays Act H.R.5393 -Transparency and Fairness for Pharmacies Act H.R.5400 - Neighborhood Options for Patients Buying Medicines (NO PBM) Act H.R.5461 - Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, P.L. 169- Provisions on Medicare Part D modernization and drug price negotiation
Client expense: $4,803,802 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2024 · first_quarter · Health Issues
HR 3561, Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act of 2023 (PATIENT Act), advocating concerns over additional reporting requirements regarding PBMs. HR 4822, Healthcare Transparency Act of 2023, advocating concerns over certain reporting requirements regarding PBMs. HR 4846, Better Deals and Lower Prices Act of 2023, advocating concerns over certain reporting requirements that would be imposed on PBMs.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2023 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Issues related to prescription drug coverage and pharmacy benefits Issues related to the prescription drug marketplace, patents, and competition Regulatory and proposed legislative changes to Medicare Part D and Medicaid prescription drug benefits S.113 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act S.127 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S.142 - Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S.148 - Stop STALLING Act S.150 - Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act S.652 - Safe Step Act S.655 - Chronic Disease Management Act S.727 - Insulin for All Act S.775 - Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act S.954 - Affordable Insulin Now Act S.1038 - Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act S.1067 - Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act S.1114 - Expanding Access to Low-Cost Generics Act S.1120 - Improved Access to Affordable Medications Act S.1128 - Ensuring Access to Generic Medications Act S.1130 - Health Care PRICE Transparency Act S.1131 - Drug Price Transparency Act S.1217 - Ending the Prescription Drug Kickback Act S.1218 - Fair Prescription Drug Prices for Americans Act S.1269 - INSULIN Act S.1339 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act S.1375 - HELP Copays Act S.1497 - Emergency Access to Insulin Act S.1491 - Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act S.1542 - Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging (DRUG) Act S.1543 - A bill to require regulations concerning the disclosure of direct and indirect compensation from entities providing pharmacy benefit management services or third party administration services S.1967 - Patients Before Middlemen (PBM) Act S.2052 - Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act S.2129 - Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act S.2254 - Medicare PBM Accountability Act S.2405 - Strengthening Pharmacy Access for Seniors Act S.2406 - PBM Oversight Act S.2408 - IMPROVE Part D Regulations Act S.2436 - Neighborhood Options for Patients Buying Medicines (NO PBM) Act S.2456 - Protecting Seniors from High Drug Costs Act S.2474 - Share the Savings with Seniors Act S.2477 - Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act S.2493 - PBM Reporting Transparency Act S.2666 - EPCS 2.0 Act S.2840 - Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act (Bruan Amendment #3 - Price Transparency Requirements) S.2939 - Pharmacy Access Oversight and Reporting Act S.2973 - Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act S.3430 - Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act H.R.830 - HELP Copays Act H.R.1352 - Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act H.R.1488 - Affordable Insulin Now Act H.R.1587 - Making Insulin Affordable for All Children Act H.R.1613 - Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act H.R.1770 - Equitable Community Access to Pharmacists Act H.R.1790 - Biologics Competition Act H.R.2630 - Safe Step Act H.R.2666 - Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act H.R.2670 - PBM Accountability Act H.R.2691 - Transparent PRICE Act H.R.2880 - Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act H.R.3030 - Stop the Overuse of Petitions and Get Affordable Medicines to Enter Soon (STOP GAMES) Act H.R.3134 - Emergency Access to Insulin Act H.R.3262 - to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to increase transparency of certain health-related ownership information H.R.3281 - Transparent PRICE Act H.R.3282 - Promoting Transparency and Health Competition in Medicare Act H.R.3285 - Fairness for Patient Medications H.R.3561- Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency (PATIENT) Act H.R.3800 - Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act H.R.4011 - Timely Access to Clinical Treatment Act H.R.4507 - Transparency in Coverage Act H.R.4508 - Hidden Fee Disclosure Act H.R.4509 - Transparency in Billing Act H.R.4527 - Health Data Act H.R.4712 - Patient Right to Shop Act H.R.4822 - Health Care Price Transparency Act H.R.4846 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for oversight of pharmacy benefit manager services H.R.4881 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit cost sharing for drugs under the Medicare program H.R.4883 - Medicare Common Ownership Transparency Act H.R.5372 - Expanding Seniors Access to Lower Cost Medicines Act H.R.5376 - Share the Savings with Seniors Act H.R.5378 - Lower Costs More Transparency Act H.R.5384 - Advancing Enrollment and Reducing Drug Costs Act H.R.5385 - Medicare PBM Accountability Act H.R.5386 - Cutting Copays Act H.R.5393 -Transparency and Fairness for Pharmacies Act H.R.5400 - Neighborhood Options for Patients Buying Medicines (NO PBM) Act H.R.5461 - Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, P.L. 169- Provisions on Medicare Part D modernization and drug price negotiation
2023 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 3561, Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act of 2023 (PATIENT Act), advocating concerns over additional reporting requirements regarding PBMs. HR 4822, Healthcare Transparency Act of 2023, advocating concerns over certain reporting requirements regarding PBMs. HR 4846, Better Deals and Lower Prices Act of 2023, advocating concerns over certain reporting requirements that would be imposed on PBMs.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2023 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Issues related to prescription drug coverage and pharmacy benefits Issues related to the prescription drug marketplace, patents, and competition Regulatory and proposed legislative changes to Medicare Part D and Medicaid prescription drug benefits S.113 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act S.127 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S.142 - Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S.148 - Stop STALLING Act S.150 - Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act S.652 - Safe Step Act S.655 - Chronic Disease Management Act S.727 - Insulin for All Act S.775 - Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act S.954 - Affordable Insulin Now Act S.1038 - Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act S.1067 - Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act S.1114 - Expanding Access to Low-Cost Generics Act S.1120 - Improved Access to Affordable Medications Act S.1128 - Ensuring Access to Generic Medications Act S.1130 - Health Care PRICE Transparency Act S.1131 - Drug Price Transparency Act S.1217 - Ending the Prescription Drug Kickback Act S.1218 - Fair Prescription Drug Prices for Americans Act S.1269 - INSULIN Act S.1339 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act S.1375 - HELP Copays Act S.1497 - Emergency Access to Insulin Act S.1491 - Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act S.1542 - Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging (DRUG) Act S.1543 - A bill to require regulations concerning the disclosure of direct and indirect compensation from entities providing pharmacy benefit management services or third party administration services S.1967 - Patients Before Middlemen (PBM) Act S.2052 - Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act S.2129 - Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act S.2254 - Medicare PBM Accountability Act S.2405 - Strengthening Pharmacy Access for Seniors Act S.2406 - PBM Oversight Act S.2408 - IMPROVE Part D Regulations Act S.2436 - Neighborhood Options for Patients Buying Medicines (NO PBM) Act S.2456 - Protecting Seniors from High Drug Costs Act S.2474 - Share the Savings with Seniors Act S.2477 - Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act S.2493 - PBM Reporting Transparency Act S.2666 - EPCS 2.0 Act S.2840 - Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act (Bruan Amendment #3 - Price Transparency Requirements) S.2939 - Pharmacy Access Oversight and Reporting Act S.2973 - Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act H.R.830 - HELP Copays Act H.R.1352 - Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act H.R.1488 - Affordable Insulin Now Act H.R.1587 - Making Insulin Affordable for All Children Act H.R.1613 - Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act H.R.1770 - Equitable Community Access to Pharmacists Act H.R.1790 - Biologics Competition Act H.R.2630 - Safe Step Act H.R.2666 - Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act H.R.2670 - PBM Accountability Act H.R.2691 - Transparent PRICE Act H.R.2880 - Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act H.R.3030 - Stop the Overuse of Petitions and Get Affordable Medicines to Enter Soon (STOP GAMES) Act H.R.3134 - Emergency Access to Insulin Act H.R.3262 - to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to increase transparency of certain health-related ownership information H.R.3281 - Transparent PRICE Act H.R.3282 - Promoting Transparency and Health Competition in Medicare Act H.R.3285 - Fairness for Patient Medications H.R.3561- Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency (PATIENT) Act H.R.3800 - Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act H.R.4011 - Timely Access to Clinical Treatment Act H.R.4507 - Transparency in Coverage Act H.R.4508 - Hidden Fee Disclosure Act H.R.4509 - Transparency in Billing Act H.R.4527 - Health Data Act H.R.4712 - Patient Right to Shop Act H.R.4822 - Health Care Price Transparency Act H.R.4846 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for oversight of pharmacy benefit manager services H.R.4881 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit cost sharing for drugs under the Medicare program H.R.4883 - Medicare Common Ownership Transparency Act H.R.5372 - Expanding Seniors Access to Lower Cost Medicines Act H.R.5376 - Share the Savings with Seniors Act H.R.5378 - Lower Costs More Transparency Act H.R.5384 - Advancing Enrollment and Reducing Drug Costs Act H.R.5385 - Medicare PBM Accountability Act H.R.5386 - Cutting Copays Act H.R.5393 -Transparency and Fairness for Pharmacies Act H.R.5400 - Neighborhood Options for Patients Buying Medicines (NO PBM) Act H.R.5461 - Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, P.L. 169- Provisions on Medicare Part D modernization and drug price negotiation
2023 · third_quarter · Health Issues
HR 3561, Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act of 2023 (PATIENT Act), advocating concerns over additional reporting requirements regarding PBMs. HR 4822, Healthcare Transparency Act of 2023, advocating concerns over certain reporting requirements regarding PBMs. HR 4846, Better Deals and Lower Prices Act of 2023, advocating concerns over certain reporting requirements that would be imposed on PBMs.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Client expense: $5,294,628 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Client expense: $3,973,758 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE