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5/14/2009--Introduced.Seniors' Medication Copayment Reduction Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program to test Value-Based Insurance Design methodologies for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions. Defines "Value-Based Insurance Design" as a methodology for identifying specific medications or classes of medications for which, because of their high value and effectiveness when prescribed for particular clinical conditions, copayments or coinsurance should be reduced or eliminated.

1242273600 2009-05-14 Sat Nov 14 08:18:25 -0600 2009 introduced 57594 'act':5 '2009':7 'copay':3 'medic':2 'reduct':4 'senior':1 75818 false short introduced 57594 'base':14 'bill':2 'util':10 'valu':13 'adher':35 'charg':27 'copay':24 'insur':15 'medic':32,38 'order':18 'reduc':22 'design':16 'purpos':42 'requir':8 'select':31 'coinsur':26 'increas':34 'medicar':28 'program':7 'demonstr':6,20 'prescrib':37 'establish':4 'value-bas':12 'beneficiari':29 73259 false official action 57594 1242273600 Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0500 2009 195203 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. H001016 1943-07-22 1119 284 Russell Senate Office Building http://hutchison.senate.gov/contact.cfm 202-224-0776 Kay 'r':4 'tx':5 'kay':2,6,8 'sen':1 'hutchison':3,7,9 F 300054 Hutchison Kay_Hutchison Bailey Sen. Kay Hutchison [R, TX] 170 N00005675 17028 Republican 202-224-5922 Episcopalian TX Kay Hutchison 4.39449541284404 http://hutchison.senate.gov/ SenatorHutchison S000770 1950-04-29 528 133 Hart Senate Office Building http://stabenow.senate.gov/email.htm 202-228-0325 Debbie Ann 'd':5 'mi':6 'ann':3,8,11 'sen':1 'debbi':2,7,10 'stabenow':4,9,12 F 300093 Stabenow Debbie_Stabenow Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI] 29 N00004118 14886 Democrat 202-224-4822 United Methodist MI Debbie Ann Stabenow 2.64615384615385 http://stabenow.senate.gov/ SenatorStabenow action 57594 1242273600 Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0500 2009 195203 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. introduced 57594 1242273600 Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0500 2009 195202