Pelosi: Drug Pricing May Pay For Health Care Pieces Of Infrastructure Bill

By Amy Lotven, John Wilkerson / March 23, 2021 at 6:45 PM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said everything is on the table for the next legislative package that is expected focus on infrastructure improvements and include health care provisions like a permanent increase to the Affordable Care Act tax credits -- and she said the package likely will be paid for by tackling prescription drug prices. “We would be missing an opportunity if we did not include lower[ing] cost of prescription drugs,” she said. Pelosi made the remarks during a Protect...


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