McSally To Unveil Drug Bill With Price Negotiation, Grassley Not Onboard

By Ariel Cohen / February 21, 2020 at 6:07 PM
Republican Sen. Martha McSally (AZ) is set to introduce drug pricing legislation that would allow Medicare to directly negotiate prices of drugs past their patent expiration, despite nearly unanimous opposition to drug price negotiation by GOP lawmakers including Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), whose office said the Finance chair won’t include McSally’s proposal in his updated drug pricing bill. “This bill is separate from Grassley’s efforts,” a Finance Committee spokesperson told Inside Health Policy . He said a repeal of the...


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