United StatesVeterans’ homes could choose repayment or delivery of costly medicines
If approved, the measure would let State homes providing nursing care under contract choose repayment or direct delivery for medicines that pass a price cutoff.
What it does
A State home providing nursing care under contract could choose repayment or direct delivery for a medicine that passes the bill’s price cutoff.
Argument forIf a medicine meets the price cutoff, a covered home could choose repayment or direct delivery, which may help it provide that medicine to a veteran.
Argument againstHomes might still have to cover medicines that are expensive but fall below the bill’s cutoff, since those drugs would not qualify for extra payment or delivery.
More detail
The Secretary must reimburse a covered State home for a costly medicine or furnish the medicine, at the home’s choice. A covered State home is one that provides the medicine to a veteran receiving nursing home care under a contract or agreement with the Secretary. The medicine’s one-month average wholesale price plus a 3 percent transaction fee must exceed 8.5 percent of the payment for that veteran’s care during that month.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 24Introduced in SenateLatest
- Sep 24Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Introduced
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