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The American Action Network is pouring millions of dollars into a TV, digital advertising and phone campaign attacking House Democrats’ proposal to lower prescription drug costs.
H.R. 3, the legislation championed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), would let Medicare negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs and set a $2,000 maximum for out-of-pocket spending. Only two Republicans voted in favor of the bill when it passed the House in 2019.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the largest U.S. pharmaceutical trade association, gives millions of dollars to AAN annually and donated $4.5 million in 2019 PhRMA’s top political donation that year. The association, as well as the pharmaceutical industry at large, vehemently opposes H.R. 3.
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Pelosi drug price plan threatened by centrist defections
A group of Democratic moderates have raised concerns over a drug price negotiation bill, enough to potentially doom the effort.
Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., listens during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on unsustainable drug prices on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington. | Greg Nash/Pool via AP
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House Democrats’ push to tack a sweeping drug price negotiation bill to President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package was always going to face a fight in the evenly divided Senate. But the legislation is also hitting troubled waters in the House.
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