Sanders To Wrap Nearly Every Anti-Drug Measure From Past Decades Into New Price Control Bill

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Tuesday (Sept. 1) he will introduce a measure to curb drug price hikes that includes nearly every Democratic proposal on the issue from past decades. Sanders left out his own proposal from 2007 to replace drug exclusivity with a prize system, but he said in a press release the government should eventually do away with exclusivity and instead pay drug companies out of a government fund for inventing drugs. Sanders' proposed legislation would...