Senate Vote 50
March 15, 2006
4:51PM ET
On the Amendment (Snowe Amdt No 3004)
S.AMDT. 3004
To ensure that any savings associated with legislation that authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use the collective purchasing power of 40,000,000 Medicare beneficiaries to negotiate the best possible prices for prescription drugs provided through part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act in fallback plans, by private drug plans (if asked) and in other circumstances, but not permitting a uniform formulary or price setting, is reserved for deficit reduction of to improve the Medicare drug benefit.
Amendment Agreed to
53-39, 2 Not Voting
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