Pelosi Bill Makes COVID-19 Drugs Free To Insured Without Price Controls

House Democrats’ latest pandemic response bill would make COVID-19 drugs and vaccines free for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and the privately insured, but it would do nothing to curb drug prices, and that omission bothers progressive Democrats and consumer and patient lobbyists. “While the 1,815 pages of this bill contain many excellent provisions, Big Pharma is unfortunately once again a big winner,” said House Ways & Means health subcommittee Chair Lloyd Doggett (D-TX). “Taxpayers are paying billions for drug development,...