# 119-s-1186: Lower Drug Costs for Families Act

119-s-1186, Lower Drug Costs for Families Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1186
- Congress: 119
- Title: Lower Drug Costs for Families Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-27
- Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-04

## Summary

**Applies Medicare inflation-based drug rebates to drugs sold under private health insurance and resets the rebate baseline to 2016.** The bill extends certain Medicare rebate rules into the commercial market and changes how rebate amounts and units are calculated.

## Cosponsors (13)

- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New Medicare Part B rebate rules: benefit, high. This bill would change how Medicare Part B drug rebates are calculated. It would count drugs that would be payable under Part B, including commercial-market sales. It would replace old unit counts with a billing-unit method using NDC reports and subtract units paid by State Medicaid. It would move…
- Changes to Medicare Part D unit counts: mixed, high. This bill would change how Medicare Part D counts drug units for AMP and rebates. It would use manufacturer and State reports to define total units. It would exclude units paid by State Medicaid and units with Part B rebates, and it would exclude 340B-discounted units beginning in plan year 2026. I…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-2295: Child Care for Working Families Act
- 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025
- 119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1186 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1186)

## Related
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-2295: Child Care for Working Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2295)
- [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852)
- [119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2150)
- [119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2523)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1186 (as of 2026-06-04).