S. 5496
Health CARE Act of 2026
Sponsor: Mark R. Warner · 0 cosponsors
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I Restoring health care and lowering costs
II Pathway to universal coverage
III Strengthening Medicaid
IV Lowering drug costs
V Ensuring quality health insurance and removing barriers to care
VI Lowering the cost of care
The provisions of section 2718A of the Public Health Service Act (as added and amended by this Act) shall not be construed to supersede any provision of State law which establishes, implements, or continues in effect any requirement or prohibition related to health care price transparency, including for hospitals, clinical diagnostic laboratories, provider of specified imaging services, and ambulatory surgical centers (as such terms are defined in section 2718A(a) of the Public Health Service Act), except to the extent that such requirement or prohibition prevents the application of a requirement or prohibition of such sections (or such amendments). Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect group health plans established under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or alter the application of section 514 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1144).
VII Reforming PBMs and Protecting Pharmacies