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Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2023
1/12/2024, 3:30 PM
Summary of Bill HR 3093
The key provisions of the bill include measures to increase transparency in drug pricing, promote competition among drug manufacturers, and establish mechanisms to negotiate lower prices for taxpayer-funded prescription drugs. The bill also seeks to prevent price gouging by pharmaceutical companies and ensure that taxpayers are getting a fair deal for the medications that they are funding.
Additionally, the bill includes provisions to improve access to affordable prescription drugs for low-income individuals and seniors, who are often disproportionately affected by high drug prices. The bill also aims to reduce the financial burden on taxpayers by lowering the overall cost of prescription drugs that are funded by government programs. Overall, the Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2023 is a comprehensive piece of legislation that seeks to address the issue of high drug prices for medications that are funded by taxpayer dollars. If passed, the bill has the potential to make prescription drugs more affordable for American taxpayers and improve access to vital medications for those who need them most.
Congressional Summary of HR 3093
Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2023
This bill requires companies that receive federal funding for research (or a license of the rights to a patent or regulatory test data) for a biomedical product or service to agree to set reasonable prices for the resulting biomedical product or service.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must determine a reasonable price based on a formula that ensures the U.S. price for the product or service is not more than the median price for the product or service in Canada and six other reference countries with, based on specified criteria, large economies and high incomes.
Companies entering these agreements also must report to HHS certain financial information related to the biomedical product or service involved.





