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.
The Protect Patients from Costly Care Act seeks to undo two recent changes to federal health programs made under previous reconciliation legislation. Specifically, the bill repeals changes to Medicaid cost-sharing rules that would have increased what patients pay out-of-pocket for services, and it reverses an exclusion that removed orphan drugs (medications for rare diseases) from Medicare's drug price negotiation program. The legislation would restore Medicaid cost-sharing to its previous structure and make orphan drugs subject to Medicare's ability to negotiate prices. The bill also rescinds any appropriated funds associated with the cost-sharing changes. Supporters argue these changes protect vulnerable and chronically ill patients from higher costs, while the legislation essentially rolls back provisions from recent Republican-backed reconciliation bills passed in the 119th Congress.
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