Health Workforce Bill To Be Partly Funded By PBM, Generic Drug Reforms

A health workforce and extender deal hammered out by Senate health committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) Thursday (Sept. 14) would be partly paid for with pharmacy benefit manager reforms passed by the health and Finance committees earlier this year along with several other pieces of legislation within the health committee’s jurisdiction, a staffer for Marshall told Inside Drug Pricing Thursday (Sept. 14). Sanders and Marshall are also communicating with other committees regarding additional pay-fors...