GOP Lawmakers Don't Buy Trump's Call For Rx Drug Price Negotiation

By John Wilkerson / January 11, 2017 at 8:04 PM
Despite Donald Trump’s recent sway over congressional Republicans, GOP lawmakers said Wednesday (Jan. 11) they’re standing firm against the president elect’s assertion the government should negotiate drug prices, and some lawmakers doubt Trump really means what he said. “We can agree to disagree at times,” Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY), the Trump transition team’s congressional liaison, told Inside Health Policy . Trump last January during the presidential campaign suggested letting Medicare negotiate prices, but he didn't include that proposal in the...

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