Number: RL32003
Title: Hatch-Waxman Related Provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug Bills (H.R. 1 and S. 1): A Side-by-Side Comparison
Authors: Wendy H. Schacht and John R. Thomas, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: Congress is currently debating changes to the Medicare program. H.R. 1, the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act, and S. 1, the Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvements Act, as passed by each respective body on June 27, 2003, contain provisions that would amend P.L. 98-417, the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (commonly known as the Hatch-Waxman Act). This report provides a thematic side-by-side comparison of the proposed changes contained in H.R. 1 and S. 1 that would affect the Hatch-Waxman legislation.
Pages: 7
Date: Updated September 15, 2003