Hatch Says He Can Find Offsets For Senate 'Cures' Package But Doesn't Offer Details

Senate Finance Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said Wednesday (April 6) that his committee could find offsets to the upper chamber's emerging counterpart to the House-passed Cures bill, but he didn't offer details. “I’ve certainly been tasked with it,” Hatch told Inside Health Policy as he walked into the health committee's final markup of its medical innovation package. Before getting to offset negotiations, Senate Republicans and Democrats must strike a compromise on funding for FDA and NIH. The legislative package...