Congress wants to keep a Medicare drug price pilot going
H.R. 10374 — To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to continue the Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration under the Medicare program. · Filed by Terri Sewell (D-AL) · 16 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 14, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill tells the Secretary of Health and Human Services to keep running a program. The program is called the Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration. It is a pilot under Medicare. The program helps keep drug prices steady for older people.
Who it affects
Older people who use Medicare Part D would be affected. The program helps with their drug costs.
One thing to notice
The bill continues a pilot program. Full details of how it works are not in this summary.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
16 cosponsors: 16 Democrats.
- Sep 14, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 14, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means and House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Part D — The part of Medicare that helps pay for prescription drugs.
- Premium Stabilization Demonstration — A test program that tries to keep drug prices from rising too fast.
- Medicare — Health insurance for people age 65 and older.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Sep 16, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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