Senate Health Committee Will Mark Up Health Care Package Next Week

Senate health committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said Tuesday (June 18) that his committee will mark up its bipartisan legislation to lower health costs next week. The package, which includes drug-pricing, surprise billing and health transparency measures, is expected to be combined with Finance Committee drug-pricing and possibly Judiciary Committee drug-patent measures prior to a floor vote. “Sixteen hearings, hundreds of comments and we still have a few things we need to work out, but we end up with about...