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Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act
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Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act This bill requires prescription drug plans under the Medicare prescription drug benefit to include generic drugs and biosimilars on their formularies. Specifically, the bill requires plans that use formularies to include generic drugs and biosimilars on the formularies and without any requirements (e.g., prior authorization requirements) that are more restrictive as compared to those for brand-name drugs and biologics. Plans that use cost-sharing tiers must also have specific tiers for generic drugs and biosimilars, in accordance with certain limitations.
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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)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
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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 · 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
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 · second_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 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 S.4323/ H.R. 8143; Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors 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: $3,282,990 · 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
2026 · second_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. 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 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 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: $3,282,990 · 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)