Know the Cost Act of 2018
Sponsored By: Representative Carter (GA)
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Summary
Know the Cost Act of 2018 This bill prohibits a health insurance plan or pharmacy benefits manager from restricting a pharmacy from informing an enrollee of any difference between the cost of a drug under the plan and the cost of the drug without health insurance coverage. (Such restrictions are commonly referred to as gag clauses.)
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Carter (GA)
GA • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
MN • R
Sponsored 9/7/2018
Doggett
TX • D
Sponsored 9/7/2018
Peter Welch
VT • D
Sponsored 9/7/2018
Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
WA • R
Sponsored 9/7/2018
Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/7/2018
Griffith
VA • R
Sponsored 9/7/2018
Dingell
MI • D
Sponsored 9/7/2018
Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
TX • R
Sponsored 9/7/2018
Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 9/7/2018
Marsha Blackburn
TN • R
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Kevin Cramer
ND • R
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
OR • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
OR • R
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
WA • R
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Hill (AR)
AR • R
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
IL • R
Sponsored 9/25/2018
Gosar
AZ • R
Sponsored 9/25/2018
Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
OH • R
Sponsored 9/25/2018
Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]
IN • R
Sponsored 9/25/2018
Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2]
ME • R
Sponsored 9/26/2018
Babin
TX • R
Sponsored 10/23/2018
Roll Call Votes
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