Medicare would make non-opioid pain drugs cheaper and easier to get for chronic pain.
This bill would make it cheaper and simpler for Medicare Part D beneficiaries to get non-opioid drugs for chronic pain. It would remove deductibles and lower other costs, while also ending rules that make people try opioids first or get special approval. These changes would start on January 1, 2026.
Today, non-opioid chronic pain drugs under Medicare Part D are subject to standard deductibles, various cost-sharing tiers, and rules like trying other drugs first or getting special approval. After this bill, for plan years starting January 1, 2026, qualifying non-opioid chronic pain drugs would have no deductible. They would also be on the lowest cost-sharing tier and would not require trying opioids first or getting special approval.
S 3064 · 119th Congress · October 28, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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