Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019
Congress Takes Action:
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Senate Health Committee Hearings
Reducing Health Care Costs:
- Alexander Launches Series of Health Committee Hearings to Explore Reducing Health Care Costs in America
- Alexander: To Reduce Billions in Health Care Waste, We Should Spend Less on Unnecessary Expenses
- Alexander: To Reduce Health Care Costs, We Must Reduce Administrative Burden on Doctors, Hospitals
- Alexander: “Black Box” on Health Care Costs Makes it Hard for Americans to Be Smart Consumers
- Alexander: Washington Should Get Out of the Way of Private Sector Innovation to Reduce Health Care Costs
Lowering Prescription Drug Prices:
- Alexander: Americans Want to Know Who Pays for Prescription Drugs and Where That Money Goes
- Alexander: 2nd Hearing Examines What Goes into Price Americans Pay When Picking Up Their Prescriptions
- Alexander: Health Committee Explores Practical Solutions to Make Biomedical Miracles More Affordable
- Alexander: Help on Way for Americans Struggling to Afford Prescriptions
Improving 340B program:
Making EHRs Work Better for Doctors and Patients:
Expanding Primary Health Care:
Discussion Draft:
Committee Markup:
Bipartisan, Bicameral Agreement:
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Floor Speeches
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Op-eds
- Knoxville News Sentinel- Sen. Lamar Alexander: My last two years will focus on cutting health care costs
- The Tennessean – Sen. Lamar Alexander: Lower Health Care Costs Act aims to end surprise billing
- National Review – Sen. Lamar Alexander: End Surprise Medical Billing
- The Tennessean – Sen. Lamar Alexander: Congress is trying to protect patients from surprise medical bills
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Health Care Events
White House Surprise Billing Event
Atlantic Health Care Event
AXIOS Health Care Event
Floor Speech on December 11, 2018
The Lower Health Care Costs Act Discussion Draft Introduction
In The News:
- AP: GOP, Democrats team up to address surprise medical bills
- The Wall Street Journal: Bipartisan Proposal Aims to Curb Health-Industry Contracts That Block Competition
- Bloomberg: No Need to Wait Until 2020 for Useful Health Reform
- The Hill: Bipartisan senators reveal sweeping health care package
- STAT News: A new Senate health package includes surprisingly aggressive drug pricing reforms
- Kaiser Health News: Sen. Alexander Releases Bipartisan Plan To Lower Health Costs, End Surprise Bills
- Modern Healthcare: Senate committee unveils sweeping healthcare bill package
- The Wall Street Journal: Behind Your Rising Health-Care Bills: Secret Hospital Deals That Squelch Competition
Downloadable Files:
- The Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 - Bill Text
- The Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 - Section by Section
- TITLE II: Improving Transparency In Health Care – One Pager
- TITLE III: No Surprises Act – One Pager
- TITLE IV: Improving Competition to Lower Drug Costs – One Pager
- TITLE V: Updating Tobacco Product Regulation – One Pager
- TITLE VI: Improving the Exchange of Health Information – One Pager
