# 115-hr-5150: Protecting Medicare from Excessive Price Increases Act of 2018

115-hr-5150, Protecting Medicare from Excessive Price Increases Act of 2018, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by SANDER LEVIN (D-MI); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5150
- Congress: 115
- Title: Protecting Medicare from Excessive Price Increases Act of 2018
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2018-03-01
- Sponsor: SANDER LEVIN (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Protecting Medicare from Excessive Price Increases Act of 2018 This bill requires a drug manufacturer to pay a Medicare rebate on a single-source drug or biological in accordance with the extent to which the manufacturer's average sales price for the drug or biological increases faster than inflation.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2018-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2018-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2018-04-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-6505: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6239: DISCLOSE Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act
- 115-hr-6080: Workers' Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5087: Assault Weapons Ban of 2018
- 115-hr-4541: CHAMPION KIDS Act of 2017

## Sources
- [115-hr-5150 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5150)

## Related
- [115-hr-6505: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6505)
- [115-hr-6239: DISCLOSE Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6239)
- [115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6135)
- [115-hr-6080: Workers' Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6080)
- [115-hr-5087: Assault Weapons Ban of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5087)
- [115-hr-4541: CHAMPION KIDS Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4541)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5150 (as of 2025-11-18).