Pete Stark: “Mr. Stark of California moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4680 to the Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to…”

“Mr. Stark of California moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4680 to the Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report the same back to the House promptly with a Medicare prescription medicine plan that accomplishes the following by, among other things, the amendment-in-the-nature-of-a-substitute specified below: (1) Provide a benefit which is available to all medicare beneficiaries, including those in rural areas. (2) Provide equal treatment for all medicare beneficiaries, without disparities in coverage between rural, urban, and suburban regions, and without compounding current disparities in coverage. (3) Ensure that medicare beneficiaries receive a price substantially similar to the best prices paid by preferred customers for their prescription medications. (4) Help low and middle-income medicare beneficiaries afford prescription medicine costs. (5) Allow participation by local pharmacists, not just mail order pharmacies. (6) Be consistent with medicare modernization.”