18 October 2019 House Education and Labor and Energy and Commerce Committees advance the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) On October 17, the House Education and Labor (E&L) and Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committees advanced an updated version of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 (H.R. 3) out of committee by party-line vote. E&C also approved by voice vote bills that would direct expected savings from the bill to new dental, vision and hearing benefits for seniors in Medicare as well as new financial support for low-income Medicare beneficiaries. The House Ways and Means Committee also held a hearing on the bill on the same day and will hold a markup Monday , October 21. House Democratic leadership is planning a floor vote the week of October 28, however Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has said the bill will be dead on arrival in the Senate.
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