Net Effective Cost Transparency and Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2026
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Introduced
September 14, 2026
Latest Action
September 14, 2026
Primary Sponsor
Ryan MackenzieRepublican(PA)
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2026 · third_quarter · Pharmacy
H.R. 2214, the Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging Act; H.R. 1968, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025; H.Con.Res 14/S. Con. Res. 7, Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill; Comments to FDA on "Re: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Compounding Animal Drugs From Bulk Drug Substances [Docket No. FDA-2025-N-0082]"; LHHS Report Language Request to Improve the Care and Treatment of Long-Term Care Residents with Neuropsychiatric Symptoms; Comments to OMB on "Re: Request for Information: Deregulation"; Comments to HHS/DOGE on government efficiency, fraud, waste and PBMs; Comments on "Executive Order 14297 of May 12, 2025 - Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients"; Comments to CDC on "RE: June 25-26 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting"; H.R.5316, the Drug Shortage Compounding and Patient Access Act; H.R.5256, the 340B ACCESS Act; Comments to FDA on "RE: Docket No. FDA-2025-N-2589, Comments on the Risks and Benefits of Menopause Hormone Therapy"; H.Res. 805, Recognizing October 2025 as American Pharmacists Month in honor of the contribution of pharmacists to provide safe, accessible, affordable, and beneficial patient care services and products to all residents and protect the public health of our communities; S.3345, the PBM Price Transparency and Accountability Act; H.R. 6609, Pharmacists Fight Back in Medicare and Medicaid Act; H.R. 6610, Pharmacists Fight Back [in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Act]; H.R. 6703, the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act; H.R.5133, the Patient's Right to Know Their Medication Act; H.R. 4409, the Fair Pharmacies for Federal Employees Act; S.3549/H.R.6837, the Fiduciary Accountability, Integrity and Reform (FAIR) Act; H.R.7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026; Rural Health Transformation Program; Creation and Implementation of TrumpRx; Comments to FDA on RFI, "Re: Increasing Access to Nonprescription Drugs; Request for Information"; S.3822, Break up Big Medicine Act; Comments to FDA on RFT, "Re: [Docket No. FDA-2025-N-6743] - Scientific and Clinical Considerations for Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) in Men with Hypogonadism"; Comments to DoL, HHS, and DoT regarding "Re: Transparency in Coverage Proposed Rule [CMS-9882-P]"; Pharmacy Shortage Areas in reference to USC-NCPA joint project Mapping Tool; H.R. 7895, the PBM Kickback Prohibition Act; Comments to FDA on their comment request "Re: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Medication Guides for Prescription Drug Products [FDA-2025-N-6869]"; H.R.6509/S.3794, the SAFE Drug Act; H.R.5316, the Drug Shortage Compounding Patient Access Act; H.R.8779/S.4509, the Patients Before Monopolies Act; S.3788/H.R.8269, the CLEAR LABELS Act; S.1941, the Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025; Comments to Senate Finance "Re: Request for Information: Commonsense Policy Options to Lower Drug Prices for Patients"; H.R. 8630, the PEAT Act; Comments to HHS, ASPE on "RE: Docket No. HHS-OS-2026-0332 for Request for Information: Categories Used in Federal Vaccine Recommendations and the Role of Shared Clinical Decision-Making; H.R. 10369, Net Effective Cost Transparency and Prescription Drug Affordability Act;
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and 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
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Client expense: $370,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2026 · third_quarter · Pharmacy
H.R. 1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act - Rep. Arrington, Jodey - Medicaid eligibility and state financing, Marketplace coverage and enrollment, Health Savings Account expansion, Pharmacy Benefit Manager financing and regulation H.R. 843 - Prompt Approval of Safe Generic Drugs Act - Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz - Generic drugs applications and approvals H.R. 946 - ORPHAN Cures Act - Rep. Joyce, John - Medicare Drug Negotiation Program H.R. 950 - Saving Seniors Money on Prescriptions Act - Rep. Landsman, Greg - PBM reporting requirements for MA/Part D plans. H.R. 1117 - Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act - Rep. DeLauro, Rosa - Direct-to-consumer ads H.R. 1244 - Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Act - Rep. Davis, Donald - Coinsurance for Part D drugs H.R. 2214 - DRUG Act - Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette - PBM contracts H.R. 2450 - Prescription Drug Transparency and Affordability Act - Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen - PBM transparency H.R. 3493 - Global Fairness in Drug Pricing Act - Rep. Khanna, Ro - Prescription drug international reference pricing H.R. 3546 - Prescription Drug Price Relief Act - Rep. Khanna, Ro - Prescription drug patent reform H.R. 3775 - Fair Prescription Drug Prices for Americans Act - Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson - Prescription drug and biological product international reference pricing H.R. 3789 - DTC Act - Rep. Taylor, David - Direct-to-consumer prescription advertising transparency H.R. 4139 - Cutting Copays Act - Rep. McGarvey, Morgan - Medicare cost-sharing for generic drugs H.R. 4231 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - Rep. Kelly, Mike - Medicare coverage of obesity drugs H.R. 4317 - PBM Reform Act - Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" - PBM contracting requirements and transparency H.R. 4605 - End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act - Rep. Nadler, Jerrold - Ban on DTC drug ads H.R. 4623 - Plain Prescription Prices Act - Rep. Williams, Nikema - Transparency requirements for DTC drug ads H.R. 5094 - Protect Patients from Costly Care Act - Rep. Pappas, Chris - Repeal of Medicaid cost sharing requirements for drugs; Orphan drug inclusion in Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program H.R. 5197 - Protect Beneficiaries from Middlemen Act - Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole - Medicare cost-sharing limit for drugs H.R. 5526 - Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act - Rep. Pfluger, Austin - Biosimilars approval procedures H.R. 6255 - Affordable Insulin Now Act - Rep. Craig, Angie - require cost-sharing for certain insulin products H.R. 7837 - Most Favored Patient Act - Rep. Meuser, Daniel - MFN demonstration H.R. 8779 - PBM Act - Rep. Harshbarger, Diana - PBM ownership requirements H.R. 9661 - Expedited Access to Biosimilars Act - Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas - Biosimilar approval requirements H.R. 10227 - INSULIN Act - Rep. DeGette, Diana - Copay caps H.R. 10369 - Net Effective Cost Transparency and Prescription Drug Affordability Act - Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan - Requirements for PBMs S. 229 - DTC Act - Sen. Durbin, Richard - Drug advertising requirements S. 483 - Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act - Sen. King, Angus - Drug advertising requirements S. 526 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2025 - Sen. Grassley, Chuck - PBM reporting requirements S. 529 - Capping Prescription Costs Act - Sen. Warnock, Raphael - Drug copay caps S. 652 - Protecting Patients from Deceptive Drugs Ads Act - Sen. Durbin, Richard - Drug advertising requirements S. 882 - Patients Before Middlemen Act - Sen. Blackburn, Marsha - PBM reforms S. 891 - Bipartisan Health Care Act - Sen. Wyden, Ron - PBM reforms and transparency S. 1040 - Drug Competition Enhanced Act - Sen. Cornyn, John - Drug patent reform S. 1041 - Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act - Sen. Cornyn, John - Patent issues S. 1095 - Stop STALLING Act - Sen. Klobuchar, Amy - Drug patent reform S. 1096 - Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act - Sen. Klobuchar, Amy - Drug patent reform S. 1414 - Expedited Access to Biosimilars Act - Sen. Paul, Rand - Biosimilars assessment and approval S. 1587 - Fair Prescription Drug Prices for Americans Act - Sen. Hawley, Josh - Prescription drug international reference pricing S. 1753 - End Price Gouging for Medications Act - Sen. Merkley, Jeff - Prescription drug international reference pricing S. 1818 - Prescription Drug Price Relief Act - Sen. Sanders, Bernard - Prescription drug patent reform S. 1954 - Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act - Sen. Lee, Mike - Biological product assessment and approval S. 1973 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - Sen. Cassidy, Bill - Medicare coverage for obesity drugs S. 2345 - Short on Competition Act - Sen. Klobuchar, Amy - Expedited approval for generic drugs S. 2447 - Repealing the Trump Sick Tax Act - Sen. Welch, Peter - Repeal of Medicaid cost sharing requirements for drugs; Orphan drug inclusion in Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program S. 2620 - REMEDY Act - Sen. Durbin, Richard - Expedited approvals for certain drug approvals S. 2658 - Medication Affordability and Patient Integrity Act - Sen. Hassan, Maggie - FDA and USPTO coordination S. 3014 - Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act - Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne - Generic drug approval S. 4332 - Medication Competition Act - Sen. Hassan, Maggie - Pharmaceutical exclusivity periods S. 4355 - Drug Deal Disclosure Act - Sen. Wyden, Ron - Federal MFN agreement transparency S. 4509 - PBM Act - Sen. Warren, Elizabeth - PBM ownership requirements S. 5059 - A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to streamline the review of biosimilar biological products. - Sen. Moody, Ashley - Biosimilar and biological product review process Issues related to the implementation of Inflation Reduction Act - Medicare negotiation; cost-sharing and coverage of weight loss drugs/GLP-1s; high priced drugs; patent reforms; generic approval; 340B; Most Favored Nation; Pharmacy Benefit Managers; PBM-related issues; step therapy; copay caps; insulin costs; and copay coupons.
Client expense: $3,010,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S. 2276/H.R. 3269: Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition (ETHIC) Act H.R. 10369: Net Effective Cost Transparency and Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2026 S. 2658: Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act (MAPIA) S. 1954/H.R. 5526: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act (BRTEA) S. 1414: Expedited Access to Biosimilars Act S. 43/H.R. 26485: Skinny Labels, Big Savings Act S. 3549/H.R. 6837: PBM Fiduciary Accountability, Integrity, and Reform (FAIR) Act Toxic-Free Medical Devices Drug Enforcement Administration Quotas Department of Labor Proposed and Final PBM Transparency Rule 340b Contract Pharmacies
Client expense: $630,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2026 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S.1637/H.R 7871; Medicaid VBPs for Patients Act S. 4323/ H.R. 8143; Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act of 2026 S. 2355/H.R. 5582; Patients Deserve Price Tags Act S. 2426/H.R. 3164; Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act S.4509/ H.R. 8779; Patients Before Monopolies Act S.2276/ H.R. 3269; Eliminating Thickets to Improve Competition Act S. 526; Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 882; Patients Before Middlemen Act S. 927; Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act S. 1041; Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act S. 1095; Stop Significant and Time-wasting Abuse Limiting Legitimate Innovation of New Generics Act S. 1096; Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S. 1097; Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvements Act of 2025 S. 1414; Expedited Access to Biosimilars Act S. 2617; Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Act S. 2800; Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act S. 3345; PBM Price Transparency and Accountability Act S. 3349; PBM Disclosure Act S. 3549; PBM Fiduciary, Accountability, Integrity, and Reform Act S. 3822; Break Up Big Medicine Act S. 4189; INSLUN Act of 2026 S. 5586; Ensuring Accurate Payments to Specialty Pharmacies Act H.R. 1244; Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Act H.R. 2214; Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging Act H.R. 4317; PBM Reform Act H.R. 4409; Fair Pharmacies for Federal Employees Act H.R. 4570; Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvements Act of 2025 H.R. 6609; Pharmacists Fight Back Act in Medicare and Medicaid H.R. 6610; Pharmacists Fight Back Act in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program H.R. 6837; To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that pharmacy benefit managers are considered fiduciaries, and for other purposes. H.R. 7148; Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 oSec. 6233- Any Willing Pharmacy oSec 6224- Medicare Delinking oSec. 6701- Oversight of PBM Services oSec. 6702- Full Rebate Pass Through to Plans H.R. 7895; PBM Kickback Prohibition Act H.R. 8324; Great American Healthcare Plan H.R. 9228; Health Data Access, Transparency, and Affordability Act of 2026 H.R. 9486; Health Data Access, Transparency and Affordability Act H.R. 9117; Clear Healthcare Expense Cost Knowledge Act H.R. 9393; Lower Cost, More Transparency Act of 2026 H.R. 9645; Health Care Price Certainty for All Americans Act H.R. 10369; Net Effective Cost Transparency and Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2026 Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, P.L. 169- Provisions on Medicare Part D modernization and drug price negotiation, and the implementation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 (P.L. 119-75)
Client expense: $3,203,049 · 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), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2026 · third_quarter · Pharmacy
S. 2426/H.R. 3164; Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act S.4509/ H.R. 8779; Patients Before Monopolies Act S. 526; Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 882; Patients Before Middlemen Act S. 927; Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act S. 2800; Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act S. 3822; Break Up Big Medicine Act S. 4189; INSLUN Act of 2026 S. 5586; Ensuring Accurate Payments to Specialty Pharmacies Act H.R. 1244; Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Act H.R. 4317; PBM Reform Act H.R. 4409; Fair Pharmacies for Federal Employees Act H.R. 6610; Pharmacists Fight Back Act in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program H.R. 7148; Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 oSec. 6233- Any Willing Pharmacy oSec 6224- Medicare Delinking oSec. 6701- Oversight of PBM Services H.R. 9645; Health Care Price Certainty for All Americans Act H.R. 10369; Net Effective Cost Transparency and Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2026 Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, P.L. 169- Provisions on Medicare Part D modernization and drug price negotiation, and the implementation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 (P.L. 119-75)
Client expense: $3,203,049 · 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), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2026 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S.1637/H.R 7871; Medicaid VBPs for Patients Act S. 2426/H.R. 3164; Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act S. 2617/H.R. 1244; Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Act S. 882; Patients Before Middlemen Act S. 927; Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act S. 1041; Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act S. 2800; Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act S. 3345; PBM Price Transparency and Accountability Act S.4323/ H.R. 8143; Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act of 2026 S. 5586; Ensuring Accurate Payments to Specialty Pharmacies Act H.R. 4317; PBM Reform Act H.R. 6609; Pharmacists Fight Back Act in Medicare and Medicaid H.R. 7148; Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 oSec. 6233- Any Willing Pharmacy oSec 6224- Medicare Delinking oSec. 6701- Oversight of PBM Services H.R. 9393; Lower Costs, More Transparency Act H.R. 9645; Health Care Price Certainty for All Americans Act H.R. 10369; Net Effective Cost Transparency and Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2026 Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, P.L. 169- Provisions on Medicare Part D modernization and drug price negotiation, and the implementation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 (P.L. 119-75)
Client expense: $3,203,049 · Firm income: Not reported
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Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE