S. 2766: A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate for lower prices for medicare prescription drugs and to eliminate the gap in coverage of medicare prescription drug benefits, to reduce medical errors and increase the use of medical technology, to increase services in primary and preventive care by non-physician providers, and for other purposes. S. 2766: Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8754-8755) 2004-07-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 2004-07-22 S. 2766: Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2004 s S. 2766: Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2004 (108th Congress) Public contracts Employee training Standards Health education Medical care Medicare Preventive medicine Data banks Government paperwork Budgets Business Congress Congressional reporting requirements Government information Government trust funds Education Elementary and secondary education Emergency management Families Federal aid to education Health policy Higher education Job training Science policy Secondary education Technology Welfare Curricula Medical research Mathematics Medical statistics Medicine Communications Family medicine Medical personnel Medical technology Technological innovations Technology assessment Women Health insurance Right of privacy Excise tax Medical education Medical residents Hospitals Aged Drugs Maternal health services Medicaid Medical laboratories Nurses Nutrition Food Identification devices Scientific education Confidential communications Nurse practitioners Civil liberties Federal aid to health facilities Quality of care Patients' rights Medical fees Community health services Career education Drug industry Continuing education Information technology Anesthetics Prescription pricing Clinics Physicians' assistants Medical associations Osteopathy and osteopaths Medically uninsured Emergency medicine Human engineering Appropriate technology Drug interactions Health information systems Pharmacies Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2004 A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate for lower prices for medicare prescription drugs and to eliminate the gap in coverage of medicare prescription drug benefits, to reduce medical errors and increase the use of medical technology, to increase services in primary and preventive care by non-physician providers, and for other purposes. 2004-07-22 108 2004-07-22 2766 introduced SenateBill LegislativeAction OfficialTitle ShortTitle