HEALTH CARE BRIEFING: Centrists Eye Drug Price Bill Alternatives
May 25, 2021 6:06 AM By Brandon Lee Moderate House Democrats are crafting alternatives to their partyâs signature drug pricing legislation because theyâre skeptical a bill to empower the federal government to negotiate with drugmakers can become law. Two Democrats say they are preparing drug pricing bills aimed at garnering more support than one led by House leaders (H.R. 3) that would peg drug prices in the U.S. to those in foreign countries. The lawmakers hope they can gather bipartisan support for redesigning Medicare to lower what seniors pay for medicines or penaliz...