,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ee  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july   
#bd1 #bjai,mr4 ,burgess submitted the   
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on       
,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1  
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,,concurrent       
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
,congress on the need to inform         
,american consumers with more balanced  
purchasing information for prescription 
drugs through the disclosure of price   
information in direct-to-consumer       
7,,dtc7 advertisements4  ,whereas1 on   
,june #ac1 #bjag1 the ,u4,s4 ,senate    
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions held a hearing    
entitled1 ,the ,cost of ,prescription   
,drugs3 ,how the ,drug ,delivery ,system

 ,affects ,what ,patients ,pay2         
,whereas1 on ,october #ag1 #bjag1 the   
,u4,s4 ,senate ,committee on ,health1   
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions held a
 hearing entitled1 ,the ,cost of        
,prescription ,drugs3 ,how the ,drug    
,delivery ,system ,affects ,what        
,patients ,pay1 ,part ,,ii2 ,whereas1 on
 ,december #ab1 #bjag1 the ,u4,s4       
,senate ,committee on ,health1          
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions held a
 hearing entitled1 ,the ,cost of        
,prescription ,drugs3 ,an ,examination  
of ,the ,national ,academies of         
,sciences1 ,engineering1 and ,medicine  
,report ,making ,medicines ,affordable3 
,a ,national ,imperative2 ,whereas1 on  
,december #ac1 #bjag1 the ,u4,s4 ,house 
of ,representatives ,committee on       
,energy and ,commerce1 ,subcommittee on 
,health1 held a hearing on ,examining   
the ,drug ,supply ,chain2 ,whereas1 on  
,may #aa1 #bjah1 ,president ,donald     
,trump and ,health and ,human ,services 
,secretary ,alex ,azar introduced the   

,american ,patients ,first blueprint to 
bring down prescription drug prices2    
,whereas ,american patients deserve more
 transparency and information to better 
position them to be well-informed       
participants in their health care       
decision making as they consult with    
their physician or other licensed health
 care practitioner2 ,whereas the        
,centers for ,medicare  ,medicaid       
,services is the single largest payor   
for drugs in the ,united ,states2       
,whereas1 in #bjaf1 the ,centers for    
,medicare  ,medicaid ,services and its  
beneficiaries spent over #agd billion on
 drugs covered under ,parts ,b and ,d1  
and #fd billion on drugs covered under  
,medicaid1 for a total of more than #bch
 billion for prescription drugs2        
,whereas1 in #bjag1 drug manufacturers  
spent over #e4e billion on prescription 
drug advertising of which nearly #d4b   
billion was spent on television         
advertising2 and ,whereas the ten most  
commonly advertised drugs have list     

prices ranging from #ece to #aa1jjj per 
month or usual course of therapy3 ,now1 
therefore1 be it  ,that it is the sense 
of ,congress that-- 7#a7 the efficient  
administration of both ,medicare and    
,medicaid encompasses ,federal efforts  
to achieve good value for funds spent in
 the ,medicare and ,medicaid programs2  
7#b7 it has directed the ,department of 
,health and ,human ,services to operate 
the ,medicare and ,medicaid programs    
efficiently2  7#c7 the ,department of   
,health and ,human ,services has the    
authority to require direct-to-consumer 
7,,dtc7 television advertisements of    
prescription drugs and biological       
products to include the ,wholesale      
,acquisition ,cost 7,,wac1 or list      
price7 of that drug or biological       
product under sections #aajb and #ahga  
of the ,social ,security ,act2 and  7#d7
 the final rule titled ,medicare and    
,medicaid ,programs3 ,regulation ,to    
,require ,drug ,pricing ,transparency   
published by the ,centers for ,medicare 

,medicaid ,services in the ,federal     
,register on ,may #aj1 #bjai 7#hd ,fed4 
,reg4 #bjgcb71 makes substantial        
progress in improving drug pricing      
transparency2 and  7#e7 there should be 
a statute requiring the inclusion of    
drug pricing information in all         
direct-to-consumer television           
advertisements for drugs1 including     
biological products4