H.R. 6956, also known as the "Opioid Settlement Accountability Act," proposes an amendment to the Social Security Act. This bill aims to ensure that Medicaid-related funds recovered from pharmaceutical companies or drug distributors through opioid litigation are not...
Simple Explanation
The bill says that if money is paid by drug companies because they made or sold too many pain pills, the government should use that money to help people feel better and stop taking too many pills, instead of just putting it back in their big money pool.