GOP Will Seek To End Govt. Price Negotiation, Rebates If They Control Congress

By Gabrielle Wanneh / October 7, 2022 at 6:20 PM
Republicans this week provided insights into how they plan to approach drug pricing if they win back control of Congress. A group of Senate Republicans introduced legislation to repeal Medicare drug price negotiation, and Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) called for legislation to do away with drug rebates and pharmacy concessions. Sens. James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Thursday (Oct. 6) introduced legislation to repeal Medicare negotiation, called the Protecting Drug Innovation Act...


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