The House Ways & Means health subcommittee will hold a hearing on promoting competition to lower prescription drug prices in Medicare on March 7, chair Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) announced Thursday (Feb. 28). The committee is the latest to join the congressional dogpile of hearings on the issue, including a two-day Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing, of which the second session will be held on the same day. Allowing Medicare to directly negotiate drug prices was a topic of...