If House Flips, GOP To Push Tax Credits Instead Of Medicare Negotiation

By John Wilkerson / April 19, 2022 at 2:23 PM
If the GOP wins the House, Republicans on the House Ways & Means Committee will focus on giving tax breaks to drug companies instead of Democrats’ goal of directing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, according to a list of bills introduced and touted by committee Republicans Monday (April 18). Health subcommittee ranking Republican Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and subcommittee members Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Mike Kelly (R-PA) are sponsors or co-sponsors of all the bills. The American Innovation Act would quadruple,...


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