# 119-hr-2553: Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2025

119-hr-2553, Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2553
- Congress: 119
- Title: Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would impose uniform caps on prescription drug cost-sharing across private health plans.** It sets fixed annual limits and ties future increases to the medical care component of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers so caps rise with medical inflation.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM), 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New caps on drug costs for marketplace plans: benefit, high. If you have an ACA marketplace plan, your out-of-pocket prescription drug costs would be capped at $2,000 per person and $4,000 per family in 2026. For plan years after 2026, the caps would rise with the medical care component of the CPI-U and be rounded down to the next lowest multiple of $5. Insu…
- Employer plans would cap drug costs: benefit, medium. If you get coverage through an employer, your plan would have to cap annual prescription costs at $2,000 per person and $4,000 per family in 2026. For later years, the caps would rise with the medical care component of the CPI-U and be rounded down to the next lowest multiple of $5. This would appl…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2553 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2553)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2553 (as of 2026-04-21).